Cognitive Development

The study of cognition in infants, children, and adults and of cognitive development serves as a focal point for several faculty members' research programs. Research topics include attention, memory, intelligence, reasoning and decision-making, causal understanding, categorization, and language development. In addition, for several faculty members, research on cognition and cognitive development includes the recognition that cognition intersects with aspects of social and emotional development and also that it often varies across contexts. Faculty members rely on a set of diverse methodological approaches in their teaching and research.