Research in Cognitive Neuroscience involves seeking the neural systems related to
cognitive processes and encompasses both the Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences
and the Institute of Neuroscience. This research area includes our Center for Cognitive
Neuroscience of Attention, one of eight supported by the James S. McDonnell Foundation and
the Pew Memorial Trusts.
In brain mapping, our human neurophysiology laboratory (Posner, Keele) and our animal work (Marrocco, Takahashi) are attempting to localize brain generators for emotion, language, and attention. Research in simulation and models includes active simulation efforts on attention in early vision and perception of moving objects (Sereno). In conjunction with the language, culture, and cognition group, we are studying brain changes in children and adults learning language. And, in conjunction with the emotion study group, we study brain mechanisms underlying affective information processing.