Our Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology with a major in Cognitive Neuroscience trains students to become experts in the study of the neuroscience of cognition and behavior. Students explore the neurobiology of cognition with developmental, cognitive and clinical neuroscience researchers in the areas of sensorimotor behavior and perception, language, memory, executive function and substance abuse.

Our program offers comprehensive training from an internationally recognized faculty. The rigorous academic program prepares students for research careers at research institutes, at public and private universities, or in non-academic settings.

We maintain a strong emphasis on learning basic neuroanatomy and physiology, cognitive neuroscience research methodologies (including MRI, TMS, EEG and other electrophysiological measures), and analytic skills and neural bases of psychology and psychopathology.

Curriculum

Courses

The requirements for our program include a number of advanced statistics courses (9 credits), electives (12 credits) and content course requirements (15 credits). Content course options include:

• DEP 5058 Bio-Behavioral Development
• EXP 5667 Cognitive Neuroscience
• EXP 5508 Applied Cognitive Psychology
• EXP 5527 Memory and Consciousness
• ZOO 5785 Advanced Neurobiology or PSB 6247 Biological Bases of Behavior
• PSB 6215 Human Neuroanatomy
• CBH 5256 Animal Cognition
• CLP 6426 Neuropsychology
• PHZ 6706 Physics of Cognitive Neuroimaging Methods I or PSB 6350 Cognitive Neuroimaging Methods I
• PHZ 6707 Physics of Cognitive Neuroimaging Methods II or PSB 6351 Cognitive Neuroimaging Methods II
• PSB 5115 Introduction to Psychophysiology: Basics of Electroencephalography and Event-Related Potentials
• PSB 6035 Introduction to Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSB 5247 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory