Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Cognitive Psychology

该奖项提供资金，继续在明尼苏达大学学习，感知和认知研究中心的REU网站。 在三年的时间里，每年有十名学生将在夏季被选中参加为期八周的会议，与该中心附属的认知科学学院合作。 大部分学生将从中西部地区的小型文理学院中挑选出来，这些学院的研究机会有限。 学生将：（1）作为他们的教师导师的研究团队的正式成员工作;（2）完成一个研究项目，包括书面报告和口头报告，以同行和教师;（3）参加多学科研究培训研讨会的信贷;和（4）参加一个特殊的非信贷“硕士生”课程。 研讨会活动将包括由项目教师和相关领域的教师在校园范围内，实验室图尔斯参观，并在研究工具，设计和伦理讲座介绍。 完全整合的课程将包括学生学习特定研究方法的机会，在自己的研究背景下应用这些方法，并研究与认知科学相关的广泛概念和方法论问题。 该奖项有助于基金会通过积极的本科研究经验，继续努力吸引有才华的学生进入科学职业。

This award provides funds to continue an REU Site at the University of Minnesota Center for Research in Learning, Perception, and Cognition. Ten students each year, over a three year period, will be selected for eight week sessions in the summer to work with cognitive science faculty affiliated with the Center. The majority of the students will be selected from small liberal arts colleges in the upper midwest with limited research opportunities. Students will: (1) work as full members of their faculty mentor's research team; (2) complete a research project including a written report and oral presentation to peers and faculty; (3) participate in a multidisciplinary research training seminar for credit; and (4) participate in a special non-credit 'Master Student' course. Seminar activities will include presentations by program faculty and faculty in related areas campus-wide, laboratory tours, and lectures on research tools, design, and ethics. The fully integrated program will include opportunities for the students to learn specific research methods, to apply these methods in the context of their own research, and to examine broad conceptual and methodological issues relating to the cognitive sciences. This award contributes to the Foundation's continuing efforts to attract talented students into careers in science through active undergraduate research experiences.