Fall 2019 Cognitive Neuroscience

[PsychApplicantFall2019]

In years past, there has been a thread for Cognitive Neuroscience particularly. I have found some things about Cog Neuro to be a little confusing. Mainly because the discipline is not quite traditional psychology and also not quite Neuroscience. I am applying to mostly Psychology programs with a few exceptions.

For example, MIT doesn't have a psychology department, so people doing Cog Neuro are in more of a traditionally organized neuroscience department with rotations and the like. Johns Hopkins has Cog Neuro faculty in both the Psychology Department and the Cognitive Science Department, which also has a mix of people doing linguistics and philosophy of mind. 

I thought that some camaraderie around this application cycle would be nice. Where is everyone else at? Where are you applying? What are your worries and concerns? 

[DS9]

You're right, Cognitive programs are pretty diverse and this was tripping me up a bit during my application process as well. Not only do they vary quite a bit between programs but vary within programs as well. My program at Notre Dame (Cognition Brain and Behavior) varies quite a bit depending on your advisor. Some do behavioral work, most do EEG/TMS/eye tracking/fMRI. Classes also vary depending on your research interests, with a heavy emphasis on quant methods (even encourage our students to get a quant minor).

If this helps anyone, a number of faculty in my program will be recruiting this year. If you're interested or have any questions, feel free to PM me. 

Here's a list of faculty I know will be recruiting (If you're interested in memory, this is definitely for you!):

Bradley S. Gibson - attention & working memory

Joshua Koen - memory & aging

James R. Brockmole - visual attention/memory

Jessica Payne - sleep/stress and memory

Good luck everyone!