CCD Reading Program Statement on Dyslexia and Reading Impairment
Dispelling misconceptions during Dyslexia Awareness Week: what we mean (and don't mean) when we talk about dyslexia.
Department of Cognitive Science
Welcome to the Department of Cognitive Science
The Department of Cognitive Science is a research department which carries out research and PhD supervision across a wide range of domains of cognitive science, including memory, language, belief formation, perception in action, and reading. The Department hosts the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, which brings together researchers from the Departments of Cognitive Science, Psychology and Linguistics at Macquarie University and thirteen other national and international institutions.
Latest Department News...
Open Day
In our "Measuring Brain Activity" presentation, we discussed the new major in Cognitive and Brain Sciences while providing a fun and engaging EEG demo using the Emotiv EPOC system.
Innovation and Scholarship Program 2015 Success
Dr Bianca de Wit and Dr David Kaplan have been awarded a project on "A scalable, cost-effective, and highly immersive labbased approach to undergraduate teaching in the cognitive and brain sciences".
Aston/Macquarie joint PhD scholarship for MEG studies of autism
Aston and Macquarie Universities invite applications from suitable candidates for a jointly funded, dual award PhD project on MEG studies of ASD.
New Major in Cognitive and Brain Sciences coming in 2016
An undergraduate major in Cognitive and Brain Sciences to be launched next year.
Reading Researchers open clinic to address learning challenges
The Macquarie Cognition Clinic for Reading is now open for business.
Further Information
Seminars
- Tuesday 22nd May,
Dr Iain Perkes,
"OCD: Developmental Pathophysiology" - Tuesday 29th May,
Dr Brent Edwards,
"The Impact of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Technology on Cognitive ..." - Tuesday 5th Jun,
Associate Professor Amanda Rysling,
"Preferential early attribution in segmental perception and its ..." - Tuesday 5th Jun,
Dr Alin Coman,
"Cognition in (social) context: A psychologically-grounded approach to ..."
Who is Visiting
- Associate Professor Sarah Fernandez Guinea
- Dr Lianzhong Zheng
- Professor Scott Johnson
- Associate Professor Romina Palermo
- Associate Professor Alin Coman
- Dr Jun Lai [Previous Visitors]
Contact Details
Telephone: (02) 9850 9599
Fax : (02) 9850 6059
Email : cogsci@mq.edu.au
Web : www.cogsci.mq.edu.au