PSYC 495B Applied Cognitive Science
495. APPLIED COGNITIVE SCIENCE (Credit, 3 hours). Examines the application of cognitive science principles to real-world problems in education, healthcare, technology, business, and everyday decision-making. Students explore the cognitive processes underlying attention, perception, memory, learning, language, reasoning, problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making and their influence on human behavior and performance. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based strategies to improve learning, communication, human-computer interaction, workplace performance, and cognitive well-being, while critically evaluating contemporary research and emerging applications of cognitive science. Prerequisite: PSYC 377B with a minimum grade of C.