Welcome to the Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience program at Texas Tech University! We are a group of faculty, students and researchers who study a range of human behaviors and cognitive processes as well as their implementation in the brain. Broad topics covered by our collective include (but are not limited to):
- Category formation and neural representation within the contexts of basic, health and clinical research
- Selective attention and its impact on vision, perception and decision-making
- Language learning
- Text processing, discourse analysis
- Brain mechanisms of addictive behaviors
- Understanding and optimizing brain functioning and behavior over the lifespan
- Translational research on preventive intervention techniques related to behavioral problems and mental disorders over the lifespan
- The psychology of art creation and appreciation
- Human-animal interactions and the cognitive processing associated with pet-related information
- Education-related metacognition and multimedia learning, both in the context of basic and applied research
- Student study and learning behaviors
Psychological Sciences
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Address
Texas Tech University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Box 42051 Lubbock, TX 79409-2051 -
Email
kay.hill@ttu.edu