Cognitive Psychology

Our Cognitive Psychology program provides students with an interactive and enriching environment in which to study mind and behaviour working closely with other students and with faculty members. The program emphasizes the development of research skills in the service of carrying out high quality, independent research.  

 Our program provides students with the tools and opportunities that they need to pursue their scientific interests and to fulfill their long-term career goals, whether in academia or in industry. For example, with respect to the latter, students have the opportunity to spend time working in an industry position related to cognitive psychology through our Applied Practicum course. 

The research interests of the faculty and students are diverse, encompassing issues in perception, attention, awareness, consciousness, cognitive control, embodied/embedded cognition, metacognition, memory, learning, reading, reasoning, judgment and decision-making, moral cognition, skilled performance, and applied experimental psychology.

Students entering the Cognitive area join a core group of faculty (five) and graduate students (typically 12 to 15). Applicants are typically admitted to the MA program and continue directly to the PhD program afterward.

Our graduate students are competitive for external grants such as those from NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) and SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) and, after completing our program, go on to secure competitive postdoctoral positions, faculty positions, and positions in industry and government.

Cognitive Core Faculty