Welcome to the Cognitive Science Program at Michigan State University. Cognitive science is directed toward understanding the nature of mind, whether mind be embodied in the biological stuff of neurons in a brain, or in the silicon stuff of computer chips in an artificial brain-like system.

The creation of a successful scientific explanation of mind requires a concerted effort by investigators with many intellectual talents, from many different theoretical perspectives and empirical traditions, and across many different academic disciplines. The goals of the MSU Cognitive Science Program are to foster scholarship and research that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries in its pursuit of the nature of mind, and to provide a structure for graduate training that will produce new scholars and scientists who have the tools needed to take on this challenging puzzle.

Research Themes

Graduate Specialization

Undergraduate Specialization

Contact Information

November 30, 2009 at 5:30 pm in Natural Science 116 will be the first talk of our 2009-2010 Distinguished Speaker Series, Dan Margoliash on "Sleep, Learning and Birdsong".

December 4, 2009 at 3:30 pm preliminary talk for DSS speaker, Frank Guenther.

See our full calendar here.

The Cognitive Science Program is organizing a Poster Session Monday, December 14th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. If you would like to participate, please send the title and list of authors to gamache1 at msu dot edu.

Affiliated Departments

Affliated Laboratories

Cognitive Science Faculty

Cognitive Science Grad Students

Cognitive Science Alumni

Courses Offered

Distinguished Speaker Series

Cognitive Forum

Seminars, Colloquia, and Forums

Stimulus Grant Funds Hearing Project (Laura Dilley)