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 Interdisciplinary Training Program in Cognitive Science

 Program Faculty

 

The program includes the following governance:

     Principal Investigator: Dan Kersten

     Table 3: Steering Committee: The steering committee will work with the PI and has overall responsibility for the content of the program. The committee will have one grad student.

 

  Dan Kersten
Herb Pick
Bruce Overmier
Megan Gunnar
Jonathan Gewirtz
Dan Kersten
Paul van den Broek
Dave Stephens
Katie Thomas
Predoctoral Trainee
Grant Principal Investigator
Module Director: Perception and Action
Module Director: Learning and Memory
Module Co-Director: Emotion
Module Co-Director: Emotion
Computational Approach
Behavioral Approach
Neurobiological Approach
Developmental Approach
Student Representative


     Dan Kersten, the grant PI, will consult members of the grant steering committee regarding program policies and administration. Individuals on the committee will have specific responsibilities for overseeing training in the three research areas, and ensuring interdisciplinary breadth in the four approaches.

     Admissions Committee: Membership on this committee will rotate through the preceptors to ensure broad input. The committee will have faculty representatives from the 3 research areas and 4 approaches.

     For more details about the Interdisciplinary Training Program in Cognitive Science, please click on the links at the left of this page.  Questions may be addressed to Dan Kersten kersten@umn.edu.

     Table B: Preceptors, Research Domains, and Approaches: The table below lists the 32 faculty in the three topical modules and four methodological approaches:


Table B. Preceptors: Research Domains and Methodological Approaches

 

 

Research Domains

Approaches

Name

Department

P&A

L&M

A&E

Developmental

Behavioral

Neurobiological

Computational

Carlson

Institute of Child Development

 X

 X

 X

 X

 

Chafee

Neuroscience

X

X

 

 

X

X

 

Cuthbert

Psychology

 

 

 

 

Engel

Psychology

X

X

 

 

X

X

X

Georgopoulos

Neuroscience

X

X

 

 

X

X

X

Gewirtz

Psychology

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

Gini

Computer Science

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

Gunnar

Institute of Child Development

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

He

Psychology

X

 

 

 

X

X

 

Interrante

Computer Science

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

Jiang

Psychology

X

X

 

 

X

X

 

Kersten

Psychology

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

Konczak

Kinesiology

X

 

 

X

X

X

X

Landi

Educational Psychology

 

X

 

X

X

X

 

Legge

Psychology

X

 

 

 

X

X

X

Luciana

Psychology

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

Marsolek

Psychology

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

Olman

Psychology & Radiology

X

 

 

 

X

X

X

Overmier

Psychology

 

X

X

 

X

X

 

Oxenham

Psychology

X

 

 

 

X

 

X

Pardo

Psychiatry

X

X

X

 

 

X

 

Patrick

Psychology

 

 

X

 

X

X

 

Pick

Institute of Child Development

X

X

 

X

X

 

 

Redish

Neuroscience

 

X

 

 

X

X

X

Sapiro

Electrical Engineering

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

Schrater

Computer Science & Psychology

X

X

 

 

X

X

X

Stephens

Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior

X

X

 

 

X

 

X

Stoffregen

Kinesiology

X

 

 

X

X

 

 

Thomas, K.

Institute of Child Development

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

Thomas, M.

Neuroscience & Psychology

 

 

X

 

X

X

 

Yonas

Institute of Child Development

X

X

 

X

X

X

 

Zelazo

Institute of Child Development

 

X

X

X

X

X

X