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Neural Basis of Cognition, Computer Science Specialization

The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition training program brings together several of the strongest programs of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh to train interdisciplinary scientists interested in understanding how cognitive processes arise from neural mechanisms in the brain. Students combine intensive training in their chosen specialty with broad exposure to other disciplines that touch on neural computation and problems of higher brain function. Members of the CNBC community have access to a wide range of resources, including Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners for functional brain imaging, neurophysiology laboratories for recording from awake, behaving animals, electron and confocal microscopes for structural imaging, high performance computing facilities including an in-house supercomputer for neural simulation and image analysis, and patient populations for neuro-psychological studies.

For more information please contact the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition.

To apply, please see our Admissions page.