Cognitive & Cognitive Neuropsychology Concentration

B.S. Degree

Cognitive Psychology & Cognitive Neuropsychology Concentration

Cognitive Psychology is the study of the areas of reasoning, thinking language, judgment and decision making in adults and children (including attention, memory, and visual and auditory information processing).

Cognitive Neuropsychology is the study of cognitive processes and their implementation in the brain. Cognitive neuroscientists use methods drawn from brain damage, neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, functional neuro-imaging, and computer modeling.

Psyc 108 Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Psyc 114 Lab/Psychophysical Perspectives on the Social Mind
Psyc 115 Lab/Cognitive Psychology
Psyc 118A&B Lab/Language Processing
Psyc 119 Lab/Psycholinguistics
Psyc 128 Psychology of Reading
Psyc 129 Logic of Perception
Psyc 137 Social Cognition
Psyc 141 Evolution & Human Nature
Psyc 142 Psychology of Consciousness
Psyc 144 Memory & Amnesia
Psyc 145 Psychology of Language
Psyc 146 Language and Conceptual Development
Psyc 148 Psychology of Judgment & Decision
Psyc 150 Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision
Psyc 152 Concepts of Intelligence
Psyc 156 Cognitive Development in Infancy
Psyc 161 Introduction to Engineering Psychology
Psyc 170 Introduction to Cognitive Neuropsychology
Psyc 171 Neurobiology Learning and Memory
Psyc 187 Development in Social Cognition
Psyc 191 Psychology of Sleep
Psyc 199** Independent studies in this field - must culminate in a research paper approved by the advisor to fulfill lab requirement.

**199 courses do not count as one of the 12 upper division Psychology courses towards the major