Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Cognitive Psychology

该奖项提供资金，以继续在明尼苏达大学学习、感知和认知研究中心建立REU网站。在为期三年的时间里，每年都会有十名学生被选中，在夏季进行为期八周的课程，与该中心附属的认知科学学院合作。大多数学生将从中西部北部研究机会有限的小型文理学院中挑选出来。学生将：(1)作为教师导师研究团队的正式成员；(2)完成研究项目，包括向同行和教师进行书面报告和口头报告；(3)参加多学科研究培训研讨会以获得学分；以及(4)参加一门特殊的非学分“硕士研究生”课程。研讨会活动将包括项目教职员工在全校相关领域的演讲，实验室参观，以及关于研究工具、设计和伦理学的讲座。完全整合的课程将包括让学生有机会学习特定的研究方法，将这些方法应用于他们自己的研究背景，并研究与认知科学相关的广泛的概念和方法论问题。这一奖项有助于基金会通过积极的本科生研究经验，继续努力吸引有才华的学生进入科学职业生涯。

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.