New positions available in Cognitive Science
The department is currently advertising for the following positions. Lecturer: Cognitive Science & Cognitive Science Research Fellowships.
Applications close on the 22nd September 2013.
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...
New PhD scholarships
Two new PhD scholarships are available to work with Dr. Matthew Finkbeiner in the Perception in Action group on the "Dynamics of visual cognition".
Two PhD scholarships are available to work with Dr Thomas Carlson examining how humans perceive, recognize, and categorize objects.
Applications close 30th September 2013, for more information please visit the HDR website.
Radio National's "All in the Mind" Feature.
Memory researchers from Department of Cognitive Science/ARC Centre or Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders featured on Radio National's "All in the Mind" Program.
MQ Sustainability Challenge
Lesley McKnight is our Sustainability Network Representative. This network promotes sustainability within departments, allowing for sharing of best practice and ideas in order to meet the vision, objectives and targets set for the University.
MACCS appoints new Deputy Director
Professor John Sutton has been appointed as our new Deputy Director.
Anne Castles elected as Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Professor Anne Castles has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA).
Successful ARC Centre of Excellence bid
Professors Stephen Crain, Anne Castles and Max Coltheart, along with Professor John Hodges of UNSW and Professor Gillian Rhodes of UWA, have been successful in their bid for an ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders.
Further Information
Seminars
- Friday 6th Dec,
Prof Nicole Muller,
"" - Friday 6th Dec,
Prof Nicole Muller,
"Thoughts on distributed thinking in dementia" - Friday 13th Dec,
Dr. Tristan A. Bekinschtein,
"Transitions of consciousness: when wakefulness modulates cognition"
Who is Visiting
- Professor Kate Nation
- Dr Nenagh Kemp [Previous Visitors]
Contact Details
Telephone: (02) 9850 9599
Fax : (02) 9850 6059
Email : cogsci@mq.edu.au
Web : www.cogsci.mq.edu.au