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Combined
Computational and Empirical approaches
to the study
of Cognitive Neuroscience
(formerly
Combined Computational and Behavioral Approaches to
the
Study of Cognition).
This training program includes
both predoctoral and postdoctoral
components. The
goal of the program is to
give the trainees the skills needed to build computational
models that can predict
as well as account for behavioral and neuro-imaging data
of various psychological
phenomena. In addition, trainees will work on developing
models that can account
for performance differences between healthy controls and
neuropsychological patients.
In addition to developing computational models,
trainees will also conduct
empirical research and learn to skillfully incorporate
neuroscience perspectives
and methods into their programs of research.
Specific
Training goals:
 (1)
Computer
Simulation and Cognitive Modeling. An in-depth knowledge of
and fluency in the use of
at
least one of the simulation formalisms, and minimally a
working knowledge of at
least one other formalism.
(2)
Research
methods and statistics. Training in the statistical procedures that
enable a comparison of the
empirical data to the predictions generated by simulations
and assess the quality of
the computational fits.
Acquisition
of basic skills necessary for conducting empirical research and
drawing valid inferences
from behavioral data. Then learning to use the computational
model that was developed
to generate new predictions about what would have
otherwise been a verbal
theory, test the theory and then use the results to modify the
theory and simulation.
(3)
Appreciation
of research on special populations and application of cognitive
modeling to advance our
understanding of mental disorders.
Trainees
will be exposed to research on special populations with mental
disorders and will have
the opportunity to work in the lab of a practitioner of clinical
research.
The
training faculty include:
Howard
Aizenstein, John
Anderson, Marlene
Behrmann, Raymond
Cho,
Cleotilde
Gonzalez, Lori
Holt, Marcel
Just, Charles
Kemp, Kenneth
Koedinger,
Christian
Lebiere, Michael
Lewicki, Nancy
Minshew, Tom
Mitchell, Kevin
Pelphrey,
Mary
Phillips, David
Plaut, Lynne
Reder, Niels Taatgen, Erik
Thiessen and
David
Touretzky.
The Training Grant is funded
by NIMH.
To learn more about this
training program, please contact Lynne
Reder
MS
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