The core faculty in the Cognitive
Psychology area include individuals with research interests in theories
of adult cognition, cognitive development, and the application of cognitive
theories to everyday cognition. The primary aim of graduate training is
to develop a strong theoretical and methodological foundation in cognitive
psychology which is applied in work on research projects. Current research
interests of faculty members include comprehension of and memory for complex
information such as discourse, television, and graphical displays; attention
to visual displays; individual differences in attentional abilities (e.g.,
ADHD); intentional forgetting; and eyewitness testimony. Click here
for a student handbook on the CDS program.Core Faculty Members
Bhatt, Ramesh, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, 1988. Perceptual, attentional, and cognitive development in infants; memory processing.
Carswell, Melody, Associate Professor, University of Illinois, 1988. Human factors and engineering psychology, human-technology interaction, visual and haptic displays, consumer product design and evaluation.
Golding, Jonathan, Professor, University of Denver, 1986. Psychology and law, eyewitness testimony, intentional forgetting, memory and cognitive processes.
Gottlob, Lawrence, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, 1995. Visual attention, cognitive aging.
Lorch, Elizabeth, Professor, University of Massachusetts, 1981. Cognitive development, attention, reading, television viewing, drug abuse prevention, development of attention and comprehension in children with ADHD.
Lorch, Robert, Professor, University of Massachusetts, 1980. Text processing, memory and cognitive processes.Faculty Members with Related Interests
Fillmore, Mark, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, 1993. Human behavioral pharmacology, alcohol, caffeine, drug abuse, cognition, motivation
Milich, Richard, Professor and Associate Chair, Washington University, 1976. Childhood psychopathology, hyperactivity and attention deficit disorders, assessment of children
Monteith, Margo, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, 1991. Stereotyping, prejudice, prejudice reduction.
Zentall, Thomas R, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1969. Animal cognition and intelligence, concept learning, imitation, memoryLast updated: June 9, 2003