Announcing Inaugural Vivien Thomas Scholars Application Cycle

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The Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative is a new endowed fellowship program dedicated to nurturing diverse STEM talent that exists at HBCUs and MSIs. The Department of Cognitive Science is thrilled to have its PhD program participating in this initiative! Scholarship applications are due Dec. 1. […]


A Round of Applause for Recent PhD Completers

Lets take a moment to acknowledge the accomplishments of several of our PhD graduates who finished this year: Celia Litovsky, Jane Lutken, Donald Li, and Najoung Kim. Click to read more about their first positions. […]


Welcome New Graduate Students!

We have many new graduate students joining department this year. Join us in welcoming them to Hopkins! […]


Student Wins BUCLD Paper Award

Rennie Pasquinelli

Rennie Pasquinelli received this year’s Jean Berko-Gleason Award for her paper on “Tense acquisition in Williams syndrome: The interaction of rules with long-term memory impairment”. The award is given annually at […]


Hand-writing letters shown to be best technique for learning to read

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Hand-writing letters more effectively teaches reading skills compared to typing and watching videos, study finds.


Undergraduate Spotlight: Shreya Wadhwa

Shreya Wadhwa

“This summer, I will be working as a Google STEP (Student Training in Engineering Program) Intern on the Geo Team! Working in the [Bonner] lab has taught me a lot, and the interpersonal and technical skills that I have acquired have been an invaluable asset for my Internship!” […]


Undergraduate Spotlight: Neha Nandiwada

Neha Nandiwada

“Thanks to Prof. Bonner and Dr. Magri’s training and mentorship, I am working at Google as a STEP Intern on the hotel search team this summer. I’m excited to apply the technical and problem-solving skills I’ve learned in the Bonner Lab to my internship!”


Postdoc Receives NSF Award

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Alon Hafri was awarded an NSF Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work with Drs. Mick Bonner, Barbara Landau, and Chaz Firestone on a project entitled “Neural […]


PhD Student Receives Science of Learning Fellowship

Rennie Pasquinelli

Rennie Pasquinelli, a rising fourth year graduate student, was named the recipient of a Science of Learning Fellowship for 2021-22! The fellowship is funded by the Science of Learning Institute […]


Prof. Michael McCloskey featured in Arts & Sciences Weekly

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Did you catch the feature on Prof. Michael McCloskey in this week’s Arts & Sciences Weekly e-newsletter? Read up on it here…