Brain and cognitive science university of rochester

Brain and Cognitive Sciences

The brain and cognitive sciences (BCS) major offers undergraduates the opportunity to study the nature and products of mental activity, including:.
1) Perception.
2) Action.
3) Thinking.
4) Language.
5) Learning.
6) Memory This rigorous but accessible natural science discipline lies at the intersection of cognitive psychology, computer science, and neuro.

How does cognitive neuroscience research progress?

Choosing A Major

While BCS and NSC overlap somewhat in their focus on the brain and what it does, the NSC major emphasizes biological and chemical investigations of brain function in relation to behavior, whereas the BCS major blends biological, behavioral, and computational approaches to focus more strongly on the cognitive and perceptual abilities mediated by the.