Humans rely on boundaries like walls and curbs for navigation, and Johns Hopkins University researchers have pinpointed the areas of the brain most sensitive to even the tiniest borders.

JHU cognitive scientists say the sharp contrasts in this patient's memory profile—her inability to remember facts about pursuits once vital to her life as an artist, musician, and amateur aviator, while clearly remembering facts relevant to performing in these domains—suggest conventional wisdom about how the brain stores knowledge is incorrect. The findings are now available online and are due to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Cognitive Neuropsychology.

Dr. Alfonso Caramazza, founder of the Johns Hopkins Department of Cognitive Science, will be honored at a workshop on May 10-11, 2016 in Rovereto, Italy. The workshop brings together colleagues and friends of Dr. Caramazza who will give lectures related to the many different topics on which Alfonso has contributed. Among those speakers are two professors from our department: Drs. Brenda Rapp and Michael McCloskey.

Dr. Michael McCloskey was bestowed with the Undergraduate Faculty Advising Award. This award is given to honor a faculty member in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences who has demonstrated a dedication to undergraduates and their education though excellence in advising. Congratulations, Dr. McCloskey! Click to read more.

Joint faculty member Mark Chevillet and alumnus Michael Wolmetz '11 (PhD) along with three colleagues were awarded a Hart Prize for Excellence in Independent Research and Development for Best Research Project for their work on Neurally Integrated Computing.

Congratulations to Karen Clothier, a second year 2nd year PhD student, who has been awarded the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship from National Science Foundation! This fellowship, co-funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, will provide stipend, research and travel expense to support Karen’s language acquisition research in Japan this […]

Each spring, our faculty members choose a graduating cognitive science major with the strongest combination of academic excellence and outstanding accomplishments in research. This year, senior Chloe Haviland will have the honor of receiving the 2016 Excellence in Cognitive Science Award. Chloe is an exceptional student and tremendous undergraduate assistant in Dr. Rapp’s CogNeuro Lab. Congratulations, Chloe!

Omega Psi hosted Monkeys to Infants to Humans, its first regional cognitive science conference, on April 2, 2016. The event featured lectures from Joshua Gold, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania; Mark Sheskin, a postdoctoral associate at Yale University; and Nazbanou 'Bonnie' Nozari, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Dr. Park, director of the Visual Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, was awarded an R01 grant supported by the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Congratulations, Dr. Park!