facilitating cross-disciplinary, collaborative research to advance our understanding of mind, brain, and behavior
Recent News
Ann-Sophie Barwich - University of Indiana Bloomington
Congratulations to Ann-Sophie Barwich who will begin her new position as Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine and the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Indiana Bloomington in August 2019.
Barbara Tversky - Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought
Professor Barbara Tversky has published a brand new book. In Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought, cognitive psychologist Barbara Tversky offers a new theory about the role of movement on thinking, arguing that spatial cognition, not language, is the foundation of thought.
Matteo Farinella - Association of Medical Illustrators
Matteo Farinella was interviewed by the Association of Medical Illustrators on the power of science comics.
Mission
The Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience (PSSN) program aims to facilitate cross-disciplinary, collaborative research to advance our understanding of mind, brain, and behavior. The program fosters, and independently funds, direct communication and knowledge sharing between experts in the arts, humanities, and natural and social sciences; thus creating a new paradigm for interdisciplinary university-sponsored research.
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