American University, Washington DC (Laurie Bayet; infant brain/cognitive development, including NSF-funded project on infant visual representations using EEG/machine learning; apply through the Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience PhD program; deadline 12/1/22. GRE not required. Reach out for more info or to request an application fee waiver!)
Arizona State University (Nia Amazeen; Dynamics of Perception, Action, and Cognition Lab; Seeking applicants from psychology, kinesiology, engineering, physics, or mathematics with an interest in studying and developing dynamical models of perception, action, and cognition, including human-autonomy (AI) teaming; motor coordination and learning; and multiscale interaction among physiological systems. Application Information; GRE optional; deadline 12/5/22)
Florida International University, Miami, FL (Cognitive Neuroscience; A number of faculty are accepting students for animal (behavioral neuroscience) and human research: https://case.fiu.edu/psychology/phd-in-cognitive-neuroscience/team/index.html; Information to apply: https://case.fiu.edu/psychology/phd-in-cognitive-neuroscience/admissions/index.html. GRE waived. Deadline 12/1/22)
Gallaudet University, Washington DC (Several positions open in the Visual Language & Visual Learning (VL2) Center; sign language, visual learning, ed tech, cognitive neuroscience, affective neuroscience. EEG, fNIRS, fMRI. Unique: Bilingual ASL/English. For more information: http://tinyurl.com/PEN2023; deadline 2/15/23, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Contact ude.teduallag|ecneicsoruende#ude.teduallag|ecneicsoruende or ude.teduallag|tdnauq.anrol#ude.teduallag|tdnauq.anrol with any questions).
Kansas State University (1-3 positions available for Fall 2023, research areas include Event Cognition, Memory and Aging, Judgment and Decision Making, Evolution & Cognition, Visual Cognition, Auditory Learning, EEG, Human-Computer Interaction; Learn more / Apply here; Application deadline is 12/1/2022)
Kent State University (There are several faculty in the Cognitive Area who are recruiting fully-funded Ph.D. students to begin in Fall 2023.
Dana Miller-Cotto, Learning and Individual Differences Lab; executive function, developing math skills; math learning and instruction; individual differences;
Clarissa A. Thompson, KSU Cognitive Development Lab; math cognition, learning, memory, metacognition, analogical reasoning, broadening participation in STEM;
Phillip Hamrick, Language and Cognition Research Lab; language, implicit learning, declarative/procedural memory, computational modeling and big data;
Jocelyn R. Folk, Written Language Processing Lab; reading, spelling, individual differences, vocabulary learning and text comprehension
Apply for Psychology Ph.D. here; deadline 12/01/22)
Mississippi State University (Allison Jaeger; In the STEM Thinking and Reasoning Lab (STAR Lab) we study science text comprehension, multimedia learning, metacognition, spatial thinking, analogical reasoning, individual differences, STEM learning and instruction; Dr. Jaeger has NSF funding to support two graduate students; email ude.etatssm|3911bja#ude.etatssm|3911bja if interested. For information on how to apply, go to [https://www.psychology.msstate.edu/graduate/apply/]; deadline 12/01/23)
Mississippi State University (Hossein Karimi; In the Cognition of Language Lab (CoLLab: https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/collab/home) we study human language processing and the general cognitive operations that support language processing; email ude.etatssm|imirak.h#ude.etatssm|imirak.h if interested. For information on how to apply, go to [https://www.psychology.msstate.edu/graduate/apply/]; deadline 12/01/23)
Purdue University (Nadia Brashier; We study misinformation, memory, and aging, with a focus on why people fall for fake news across the lifespan; email ude.eudrup|reihsarb#ude.eudrup|reihsarb if interested; application information; fee waivers available for low income students; deadline 12/1/22)
Purdue University (Tom Redick; Purdue Applied Cognition Lab - Memory, attention, and intelligence, combining individual differences and experimental methods to augment them; email tredick at purdue dot edu if interested; application information; fee waivers available; deadline 12/1/22)
Rutgers University - New Brunswick (Qiong Zhang; Memory Optimization Lab; Seeking applicants from psychology, neuroscience or computer science with an interest in building computational models to understand how intelligent human memory is (despite how flawed it seems to be). Email qiong.z at rutgers dot edu if interested. Application Information; located 45min train from Manhattan, NYC; GRE optional; deadline 12/15/22)
Saint Louis University The Cognitive Neuroscience concentration at SLU is recruiting for Ph.D. students in the following labs: Brenda Kirchhoff's; Brain and Cognition Lab, which conducts research on self-initiated learning strategies, the effects of aging on cognition and the brain, and the effects of Type 1 diabetes on cognition and the brain; Tony Buchanan's Cognitive Neuroscience of Stress Lab, which investigates relationships between stress and behavior; Katherine Luking's Developmental Neuroscience & Psychopathology Lab, which investigates relationships between puberty, neurodevelopment, and the emergence of psychopathology in middle childhood and early adolescence; Jill Waring's Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience of Aging Lab, which investigates interactions of cognition and emotion processing across the lifespan; Apply; deadline 12/31/22; no GREs required)
Tulane University Join the Brain, Cognition, & Developmental Science program in the Psychology Department at Tulane University! Several faculty within the Cognitive/Cognitive Neuroscience specialization are recruiting students for Fall 2023, including:
Paul Colombo: Effects of music training on brain plasticity & executive functions
Benjamin Deen: Cognitive neuroscience, social reasoning
Jeffrey Lockman: Perception-action development, early cognitive development, spatial cognition, tool use
Julie Markant: Attention, learning, and memory in infancy and early childhood; brain development
For more info and to apply, visit our website. Deadline 12/1/22.
UCLA (Falk Lieder; Rational Altruism Lab). The Rational Altruism Lab at UCLA has open positions for Ph.D. students motivated to conduct rigorous empirical, theoretical, and computational research in psychology with a high positive social impact. Possible topics include rationality and decision-making, goal-setting and motivation, as well as value change and the learning mechanisms that change how people think and decide. Our projects will range from fundamental basic research to developing and evaluating digital interventions. Our mission is to help lay the scientific foundations for fostering and supporting the effective pursuit of highly impactful altruistic projects. This includes research on understanding and improving goal-setting and decision-making, motivation, moral values and moral reasoning, rationality, and associated learning processes. Applicants with a background in psychology, economics, cognitive science, computer science, mathematics, statistics, ML/AI, education, HCI, or a related discipline are welcome. The application deadline is December 1, 2022. For more information on how to apply, see https://www.psych.ucla.edu/graduate/prospective-students/application-instructions/.
University of Alabama (Ian McDonough; Fully funded PhD position to study the neural correlates of memory and cognitive control in aging, preclinical Alzheimer's disease, and health disparities. Email: [ude.au|hguonodcmmi#ude.au|hguonodcmmi] if interested; deadline 11/15/22)
University of Alabama (Macarena Suarez Pellicioni; Brain, Learning and Education Lab. Fully funded PhD position in the Educational Neuroscience Program at UA (https://edneuro.ua.edu/). Areas of interest: math cognition, fMRI, ERPs, educational neuroscience, development. For more info: ude.au|inoicillepsm#ude.au|inoicillepsm. Deadline: 12/15/2022.
University at Albany, SUNY Jeanette Altarriba; Greg Cox; Heather Sheridan; Research areas include: bilingualism, language and reading, emotion, memory (including adaptive memory), decision making, attention, visual cognition, music cognition, computational modeling, EEG, eye tracking; apply by 1/15/2023; fully funded PhD with stipend and tuition waived; GRE is optional; Program information
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Federica Bulgarelli; Andrés Buxó-Lugo, Micheal Dent, Chris McNorgan, Peter Pfrodresher). Research areas include auditory and vocal processing, multisensory integration across the lifespan, language production and comprehension, bilingualism and language development, music cognition, and computational modeling. PhD deadline is 12/1/2022; fully funded PhD with stipend and tuition waived. Application information.
University of Florda (Steven Weisberg, Spatial Cognition and Navigational Neuroscience Lab) Dr. Steven Weisberg and the SCANN Lab are recruiting one PhD student to work on projects related to the cognitive neuroscience of spatial navigation. Techniques employed in our lab include virtual reality, fMRI, and machine learning. We also have ongoing projects on how navigation changes as we age and in Alzheimer's disease. PhD deadline is 12/1/2022. Applicants are encouraged to visit the SCANN Lab website for more details, and the UF Psychology website for instructions. Email: ude.lfu|grebsiewnevets#ude.lfu|grebsiewnevets.
University of Massachusetts Boston Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy is recruiting one PhD student to work on questions related to visual attention and memory in infants, toddlers, and children using eye-tracking and pupillometry. The student will join the UMass Boston Baby Lab, a collaborative group of four faculty members within the Developmental and Brain Sciences Program. The program offers full funding for 4-5 years to all qualified students (including those who are not US citizens or who have DACA status). GRE is not required and we have a limited number of application fee waivers. UMass Boston has a vibrant urban campus with beautiful views of the ocean and our program is housed in a brand new building. Please check out our website and email Dr. Kaldy if you are interested in joining her team! Due date: 12/15/2022
University of Louisville (Andrew Lynn, Laboratory for Brain and Attention Development; fMRI, environment & experience, visual attention, working memory, executive function, math cognition; apply for Experimental Psychology PhD here; deadline 12/01/22)
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Chris Wahlheim, Memory and Cognition Lab; Fully funded PhD position with stipend and tuition waived. Research areas include: NSF-funded research on correcting fake news, naturalistic action perception and event memory, episodic memory updating, memory and aging, individual differences in attention and memory, and eye tracking and memory. The application deadline is 12/01/22; Email: [ude.gcnu|ehlhawnc#ude.gcnu|ehlhawnc])
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Robert Wiley; fully funded PhD position to study cognitive processes in written language: visual perception, motor processing, bilingualism/biscriptalism, individual differences in learning including developmental and acquired deficits. Email: [ude.gcnu|yeliwwr#ude.gcnu|yeliwwr]; deadline 12/01/2022
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Michael Kane, I.D.E.A. Lab; Fully funded PhD position - with additional summer funding - with stipend and tuition waived. Research areas included individual differences in attention control, working memory capacity, mind wandering, and related constructs, studied in laboratory, educational, and/or everyday contexts. The application deadline is 2022/12/01; Email: [ude.gcnu|enakjm#ude.gcnu|enakjm])
University of Southern California (Leor Hackel; Social decision-making, social reinforcement learning, computational social neuroscience. Students can apply through the Brain & Cognitive Sciences program or through Social Psychology, depending on their core interests. Application; deadline 12/1/22)
University of South Carolina (Svetlana Shinkareva; fMRI, behavioral, and quantitative methods, MVPA; representation of affect; emotion; misophonia; abstract concepts. For more information, please email [ude.cs|averaknihs#ude.cs|averaknihs]; application information; deadline 12/1/22 to be given priority)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (David Sutterer; Fully funded PhD position to study visual attention and memory using EEG, eye-tracking, behavior, and machine learning. Email: [ude.ktu|rerettusd#ude.ktu|rerettusd] if interested; Application information here; deadline 12/01/2022
University of Texas, Arlington (Hunter Ball, Attention, Memory, and Aging Lab; Fully funded PhD position with stipend and tuition waived. Research areas include: NIH-funded research on age differences in prospective memory offloading, as well as false memory, testing and transfer, metacognition, and proactive and reactive attention control; within each of these domains we study individual and age differences in performance. The application deadline is 12/01/22; Email: [ude.atu|llab.retnuh#ude.atu|llab.retnuh])
University of Texas, Austin (Jennifer Beer; Socioemotional processing, Real world behavior, task-related neural activity, resting state; application info; deadline 11/15/22)
University of Texas at El Paso (Iva Ivanova; The Language and Communication Lab). We are an NIH and NSF-funded Psycholinguistics lab studying bilingualism and dialogue (in experiments and spontaneous speech), lexical and syntactic processing, and the interface between language and attention / WM (also in VR). Prospective students are encouraged to contact Dr. Ivanova at ude.petu|avonavimi#ude.petu|avonavimi, and list her name in their personal statement as a potential mentor. Application instructions here; deadline 12/01/22.
Vanderbilt University (Cristina Zepeda, Advancing Learning Lab; learning strategies, metacognition, motivation, self-regulated learning; application info; deadline 12/01/22)
Vanderbilt University (Eric Wilkey, The Number Lab; mathematical cognition, executive function, fMRI, developmental dyscalculia, developing math skills, number knowledge; apply for Psychology PhD here or Neuroscience PhD here; deadline 12/01/22 for both)
Washington State University (Shikha Prashad – Cognitive Motor Neuroscience Lab; We study the neural and cognitive processes underlying motor behavior in young adults, older adults, individuals who use cannabis, and individuals with movement disorders using EEG and computational techniques; application information; deadline Dec 1, 2022)
University of Hawaii (Jonas Vibell, DPhil, MSc, FRSA - Brain & Behavior Lab; Investigating multisensory perception using EEG and FMRI; Application Information; deadline 12/1/22)