Training in Applied and Basic Cognition

描述(由申请人提供)：应用和基础认知课程的特点是：(1)致力于与应用问题相关并延伸到应用问题的基本过程的研究；(2)从婴儿期开始对认知发展的广泛、综合的研究方法；(3)教师和受训人员广泛的跨领域和跨学科的研究合作；以及(4)强调适当和严格的方法论。培训资助的研究领域包括话语理解、语言处理、注意力和知觉、记忆、定量推理和解决问题，以及早期感觉运动发育及其与认知的关系。这些重点包括对阅读和阅读评估、电视观看、数学和科学学习等应用问题的影响，以及不断发展的技术对人类表现的影响。 这4名博士前实习生每年将从心理系第二分部的研究生中挑选出来。这些学生通常在培训的2-4年级。所有学生都能广泛接触到认知以及实验心理学和认知科学的方法论。然而，他们集中在认知心理学或发展心理学领域。培训岗位旨在支持学生追求基础和应用研究的兴趣，而不是通常与其他教学或研究助理奖学金相关的职责负担。这4名博士后实习生是根据兴趣、先前的培训、成就和推荐从全国申请者库中挑选出来的。博士后实习生被选为最能从该项目提供的跨学科协作研究经验中受益的人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The program in applied and basic cognition is distinguished by: (1) a commitment to research on basic processes associated with and that extend to applied issues; (2) a broad, integrative approach to research on cognition beginning at development from infancy; (3) extensive inter-area and interdisciplinary research collaboration by faculty and trainees; and (4) an emphasis on appropriate and rigorous methodology. Research loci of the training grant include discourse comprehension, language processing, attention and perception, memory, quantitative reasoning and problem solving, and early sensorimotor development and its relationship to cognition. Included within these foci are the implications for such applied issues as reading and reading assessment, television viewing, mathematics and science learning, and the consequences of evolving technologies on human performance. The 4 predoctoral trainees will be selected each year from among the graduate students of Division II of the Department of Psychology. These students will typically be in years 2-4 of their training. All students receive a broad exposure to cognition and the methodologies of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science. However, they concentrate in either the Cognitive or Developmental Psychology areas. The traineeships are designed to support students in pursuing interests in basic and applied research free of the burden of duties typically associated with other teaching or research assistantships. The 4 postdoctoral trainees are selected from among a national pool of applicants on the basis of interests, prior training, accomplishments, and recommendations. Postdoctoral trainees are selected who can best benefit from the interdisciplinary collaborative research experiences offered by the program.