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Brain and Cognition

Psychology Research Institute / PsyRes
Programme group Brain and Cognition

The Brain and Cognition programme emphasizes theory development, attempts to base explanations for cognitive phenomena on neurobiological principles, and has a focus on using cognitive research to understand clinical findings. The research covers three subprogrammes:

  • The Perception and Action programme focuses on the way the human brain processes information and transforms it into adaptive behaviour;
  • The Memory and Language subprogramme aims to identify the processes underlying memory retrieval and the factors affecting memory retrieval; and
  • The Consciousness subprogramme seeks to explain the difference between conscious and non-conscious information processing and to identify the neural substrate of this difference.

The three subprogrammes are highly integrated and there is extensive collaboration across the subprogrammes.