DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITION

脑与认知科学系的使命是促进智力研究的跨学科方法，将实验心理学和神经科学的内容和方法与语言学和数学的形式分析相结合。因为我们系三分之二的教师研究学习和发展问题，认知发展领域是一个主要的统一的智力焦点。该发展培训计划旨在通过以本系为代表的多学科发展方法的广泛培训，为6名博士生和2名博士后提供从事发展认知科学研究工作所需的知识、技能和观点。该课程强调学生主要专注领域的深度。期望受训者在至少两名教员的实验室中进行研究，最好使用来自不同分支学科的方法来面对单一认知领域的问题。受训者还将在其研究生或博士后培训期间参加多学科发展研讨会。博士预科学员将在前两年完成其他必修课程，之后将参加资格考试。在接下来的学期中，学员将在指导老师的指导下，从一系列灵活的课程、研讨会和指导读物中进行选择。博士后学员也将被鼓励参加研讨会，以扩大他们对认知发展的经验观点，并期望他们在其专业领域的研讨会中发挥积极作用。

The mission of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of intelligence, combining the substance and methods of experimental psychology and neuroscience with the formal analyses of linguistics and mathematics. Because two-thirds of the faculty in our department study problems of learning and development, the field of cognitive development is a major unifying intellectual focus. The proposed developmental training program is designed to give 6 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral students the knowledge, skills and perspective they will need to pursue research careers in developmental cognitive science, through broad training in the multidisciplinary approaches to development represented by our department. The program emphasizes depth in a student's primary area of concentration. Trainees are expected to conduct research in the laboratories of at least two faculty members, preferably using methods derived from different subdisciplines to confront problems in a single cognitive domain. Trainees also will attend a multidisciplinary developmental seminar throughout their graduate or postdoctoral training. Predoctoral trainees will complete other required course work in the first two years, after which they will take qualifying exams. In succeeding semesters, trainees will choose from a flexible array of courses, seminars, and guided readings under the supervision of faculty advisors. Postdoctoral trainees will also be encouraged to attend seminars to broaden their empirical perspective on cognitive development, and they are expected to take an active role in seminars within their areas of specialization.