Results for "cognition"

Projects

Neural and Molecular Basis of Social Cognition

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Individuals integrate information about their social and physical environment into adaptive behavioral responses, yet how the presence of different social partners and different sensory modalities contribute to these…

Improving Learning and Instruction

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How we can empower people to become motivated and effectively self-regulated learners? Learners must have the right mindset—they must be motivated and interpret the experience of difficulty in productive ways—but…

Faculty

David Birdsong

Affiliated Departments:
French and Italian
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Second language acquisition, bilingualism, psycholinguistics, French linguistics, French language

Robert A Duke

Affiliated Departments:
Butler School of Music, Dell Medical School, Jackson School of Geosciences, School of Undergraduate Studies
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The faculty and graduate students in the Center for Music Learning investigate the processes of human skill development, integrating the results of systematic research from multiple disciplines with effective…

Andreana P Haley

Affiliated Departments:
Psychology
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The biological underpinnings of cognitive impairment associated with aging and dementia- in particular, studying the neural substrates of memory, language and executive function in clinical populations, in vivo, by…

Marlone Deshaun Henderson

Affiliated Departments:
Psychology
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Broadly speaking, my program of research has one major objective: to understand the role that basic cognitive processes play in promoting social harmony. Specifically, most of my research explores how situational…

Felicity Muth

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Integrative Biology, Cockrell School of Engineering
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Felicity Muth is an Assistant Professor Department of Integrative Biology. She is broadly interested in animal behaviour and cognition, especially aspects of learning and memory that have a clear function in the…

Charlie Nagle

Affiliated Departments:
College of Liberal Arts, Spanish and Portuguese
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I study how people learn second and additional languages, including how their native language affects second language learning and how second language learning affects their native language. My primary focus is on…

Cory A Reed

Affiliated Departments:
Center for European Studies, Comparative Literature, Spanish and Portuguese
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16th- and 17th-Century Spanish literature and culture, especially early modern drama and Cervantes; transatlantic studies (cultural studies in Spain, Mexico, and the American Southwest); cognitive literary and…

Erin Reilly

Affiliated Departments:
College of Communication, Advertising, Public Relations
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Erin Reilly is a creator, educator, and strategist with 20 years of experience inventing new approaches, products, services, and experiences about storytelling, engagement, and learning through immersive technology.…