PhD in Psychology - Cognitive Psychology in Santa Cruz United States | University of California, Santa Cruz

Our program provides an innovative combination of classic cognitive studies and emerging trends in cognitive psychology and science. Specializing in Language, Memory, and Perception, we investigate pioneering subjects including:

Facial, motion, and spatial perception
Neural foundations of awareness, decision-making in perception, metacognition, and cognitive regulation
Computer simulations of human behavior through symbolic and neural network methods
Human capabilities, task-switching, focus, and information processing frameworks
Verbal interaction, dialogue, and everyday language usage
Technology's impact on cognition, memory, and interpersonal communication
Retention and loss in human memory systems
Understanding and interpreting language
Linguistic processing among bilingual and multilingual speakers
Self-awareness in learning and recall processes
Collaborative memory and shared remembering in social contexts