Ph.D. in Cognitive Science

SUNY Stony Brook University

The Cognitive Science Program maintains active laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment for research and graduate training. There are many systems available to present visual and/or auditory stimuli and collect accuracy/RT data. Several remote or head-mounted eye trackers are also available for psycholinguistic and visual cognition and perception studies. Shared laboratory facilities include a research dedicated 3T MRI scanner (housed in our NSF-funded SCAN center) and a 64-channel EEG system, both of which are integrated with remote eye tracking. Interdisciplinary training is available in cognitive science, in cooperation with the Departments of Linguistics and Computer Science, and in cognitive neuroscience, in cooperation with the Integrative Neuroscience Program, the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Brookhaven National Laboratory's Medical Department. Our recent Ph.D. graduates have achieved excellent placement as assistant professors and postdoctoral associates, as well as with companies such as Google, Facebook, and Nuance. Faculty research is particularly strong in language, memory, attention, visual cognition, and decision making. Most research programs are funded by agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Mental Health, the Army Research Office, and the National Patient Safety Foundation.

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology