About Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive psychologists are interested in basic and applied processes related to memory, attention, perception, speech and language, decision-making, and human performance.
Faculty are investigating such questions as:
- How do we acquire and develop language and literacy skills?
- How do we process arithmetic and other numerical knowledge?
- What are the limits of human perception?
- How can we design safer transportation systems?
- How can we improve medical decision-making and patient safety?