PhD in Neuroscience - Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience in Nashville United States | Vanderbilt University

The Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) program brings together more than 30 faculty members from Vanderbilt's Psychological Sciences department to investigate core questions in perception, attention, memory, cognition, and problem-solving. Research specialties within these domains include:

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Visual Perception (stereoscopic vision, motion detection, object identification, geometric perception, skill acquisition in perception, scene interpretation, change blindness, developmental perception)
Attention and Performance (selective attention, multitasking, cognitive control, task shifting, and skill automation)
Concepts and Categories (classification systems, conceptual frameworks, knowledge organization)
Thinking and Reasoning (causal inference, analogical thinking, judgment processes, numerical cognition, diagrammatic reasoning, self-monitoring)
Perception and Action (sensorimotor integration, development of motor skills)
Spatial Cognition (visual-spatial processing, navigation and spatial recall)
Learning and Memory (real-world learning scenarios, skill development through practice, conscious/unconscious learning)
The Cognitive Foundations of Emotion (emotional triggers, facial emotion displays, vocal emotion expression)