CU-Boulder Graduate Training in Cognitive Neuroscience

[Randall C. O'Reilly]

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Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Colorado Boulder

Graduate Training Opportunities

This is an invitation to apply for graduate training in Cognitive 
Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU). The CU 
Department of Psychology has a strong nucleus of cognitive 
neuroscientists with major interests in learning, memory, attention, 
executive functions, and emotion. Training is available in a variety 
of cognitive neuroscience methods including functional magnetic 
resonance imaging (fMRI), event-related brain potentials (ERP), 
computational cognitive neuroscience, human neuropsychology, and 
animal behavioral neuroscience methods.  Faculty include Marie Banich 
(fMRI, human neuropsychology, attention and executive functions), Tim 
Curran (ERP, learning and memory), Tiffany Ito (ERP, social 
neuroscience, emotion, stereotyping), Akira Miyake (working memory 
and executive functions), Randall O'Reilly (computational cognitive 
neuroscience, learning and memory, executive functions), and Jerry 
Rudy (behavioral neuroscience, learning & memory). 

Several other members of the CU Psychology faculty are interested in 
cognitive neuroscience approaches to a variety of topics: Edward 
Craighead (prevention of major depression), Reid Hastie (judgment and 
decision making, memory and cognition, social psychology), Kent 
Hutchinson (substance abuse and dependence), Steve Maier (behavioral 
neuroscience, adaptation to challenge), David Miklowitz (adult 
psychopathology), Linda Watkins (behavioral neuroscience, adaptation 
to challenge), and Mark Whisman (cognitive therapy and depression). 

The cognitive neuroscientists in the CU Psychology Department are 
complemented by an outstanding community of scientists with similar 
interests. The CU Psychology Department, with graduate programs in 
Cognitive Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, is consistently in 
the top 20 of the US News & World Report rankings. The Institute of 
Cognitive Science includes scientists from computer science, 
education, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. The Institute for 
Behavioral Genetics provides an unique resource for conducting and 
facilitating research on the genetic and environmental bases of 
individual differences in behavior. Associated hospitals provide the 
possibility of conducting research with patient populations.  Our 
computational cognitive neuroscience laboratory particularly benefits 
from interactions from professors Mike Mozer (CU Computer Science) 
and Yuko Munakata (University of Denver (DU), Psychology). 

In addition to providing an exciting research environment and hosting 
the annual Neural Information Processing Systems conference, the 
greater Denver/Boulder area offers an exceptional quality of life. 
Spectacularly situated at the eastern edge of the Rockies, this area 
provides a wide variety of extraordinary outdoor activities, an 
average of 330 sunny days per year, and also affords a broad range of 
cultural activities.

For more information, full lists of associated faculty, and 
instructions on applying to the graduate programs, see the following 
web sites:

CU Overview Web Page: http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~mozer/resgroup.html
CU Psychology: http://psych-www.colorado.edu/
CU Institute of Cognitive Science: http://psych-www.colorado.edu/ics/home.html
CU Institute of Behavioral Genetics: http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/
CU Computer Science:	http://www.cs.colorado.edu/
DU Psychology: http://www.du.edu/psychology/

One or more of the following faculty should be contacted for any 
further information.

Marie Banich, CU Psych
	mbanich at psych.colorado.edu
	http://psych.colorado.edu/~mbanich/lab/
Tim Curran, CU Psych
	tcurran at psych.colorado.edu
	http://psych.colorado.edu/~tcurran/
Tiffany Ito, CU Psych
	tito at psych.colorado.edu
	http://psych.colorado.edu/~tito/
Akira Miyake, CU Psych
	miyake at psych.colorado.edu
	http://psych.colorado.edu/~miyake/
Michael Mozer, CU CS
	mozer at cs.colorado.edu
	http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~mozer/Home.html
Yuko Munakata, DU Psych
	munakata at kore.psy.du.edu
	http://kore.psy.du.edu/munakata
Randall O'Reilly, CU Psych
	oreilly at psych.colorado.edu
	http://psych.colorado.edu/~oreilly
Jerry Rudy, CU Psych
	jrudy at clipr.Colorado.edu
	http://psych.colorado.edu/~jrudy/