Psyc 525 Psycholinguistics 

This course will provide an in-depth introduction to the study of language production and comprehension from a cognitive perspective. In this course we will address language and thought, speech perception, language comprehension and production, the question of what language is, how it is acquired, how meaning, syntax, and phonology are part of the language system, and computational models of language. We also will look at when language goes badly: acquired language disorders and speech errors.

Psyc 620 Advanced Cognitive Topics

This seminar will examine research that employs a variety of experimental methods for eliciting normal and impaired language production and comprehension. Experimental data includes behavioral, neuropsychological and brain imaging, with an emphasis on computational models.

Psyc 309 Psychology of Language

This course will provide an in-depth introduction to the study of language production and comprehension from a cognitive perspective. In this course we will address the question of what language is, how it is acquired, language and thought, speech perception, comprehension and production, how meaning, syntax, and phonology are part of the language system, reading, other language systems, discourse, and the interplay between one’s social environment and ongoing linguistic processes. In sum, the goal of this course is to immerse you in the research and ideas behind one of the most fundamental aspects of what makes us human, language!

Psyc 203 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

This course will provide an introduction to various topics within cognitive psychology, a relatively new branch of psychology (with most work coming from the last 50 years). This field offers countless insights into the nature of human (and non-human) behavior and we will touch on topics such as language, perception, attention, memory, imagery, connectionist networks, and decision-making. Given the overview format of this course we cannot delve too deeply into each topic, but we will spend more time on some to learn about how cognitive psychologists ask and answer specific research questions.