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 2015
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
- Wednesday 21st Sep,
Dr Laurence Bruggeman,
"The flexibility of listening to native and non-native language. ..." - Thursday 22nd Sep,
Prof Amanda Barnier, E/Prof Max Coltheart, Dr Devin Terhune & Dr Vince Polito,
"What is Hypnostisability?" - Wednesday 28th Sep,
Antje Stoehr,
"Bilingual parents and bilingual children: The role of accented ..." - Wednesday 5th Oct,
Professor Oron Shagrir,
"The brain as a model of the world." - Monday 10th Oct,
Dr Trevor Cohn,
"Learning representations for multi-lingual natural language ..." - Wednesday 12th Oct,
Professor Martin Brüne,
"Differential empathy for psychological and physical pain in borderline ..." - Friday 14th Oct,
Professor Martin Brüne,
"Oxytocin and social cognition in borderline personality disorder."
Who is Visiting
- Dr Mariia Kaliuzhna
- Arthur Montalto
- Dr Eva Feredoes
- Dr Jun Lai
- Dr Devin Terhune
- Professor Wendy Best
- Professor Karin Landerl
- Professor Oron Shagrir [Previous Visitors]
Contact Details
Telephone: (02) 9850 9599
Fax : (02) 9850 6059
Email : cogsci@mq.edu.au
Web : www.cogsci.mq.edu.au