A frantic phone call to Rutgers neuroscientist Elizabeth Torres from a colleague whose pregnant wife had slipped into a coma has led to the use of sensors that can detect visually imperceptible motions in a comatose person, proving she had some awareness, that she was struggling to communicate, and that her condition was slowly improving.
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Congratulations to Pernille Hemmer, Ryan Rhodes, & Bruce Tesar for receiving the 2022-23...
2022-23 Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education Awards reception took place on Wednesday, May 3rd from 2:30 PM-4:30 PM in Trayes Hall at the Douglass Student Center. We celebrated Pernille... -
Spring 2023 Cognitive Science Evolution, Cognition and Culture class field trip
The Spring 2023 Cognitive Science Evolution, Cognition, and Culture class with Professor Robinson went on a field trip to The American Museum of Natural History along with Professor Scott's... -
RuCCS Executive Council Member Elizabeth Torres and her Sensory Motor Integration Lab teams with...
Elizabeth Torres is a Rutgers' Professor of Psychology as well as part of Rutgers Center of Cognitive Sciences. Her area of focus is Cognitive Psychology. Her lab studies how people move in... -
RuCCS Executive Council Member Karin Stromswold selected as a recipient of the 2022-23...
Congratulations to Dr. Karin Stromswold, RuCCS Executive Council Member and Professor of Psychology, has been selected as a recipient of the 2022-23 Chancellor-Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence! The... -
RuCCS Affiliate and Department of Computer Science Distinguished Professor Dmitris Metaxas and his...
Nightline seeks out the expertise of Dimitris Metaxas, professor of computer science and affiliate member of Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, for its investigative report on Madison Square... -
RuCCS NTT Faculty Ryan Rhodes won 2nd place in the CogSci Mind Challenge hosted at the Cognitive...
Dr. Ryan Rhodes is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers University. He won 2nd place in the Cognitive Science Society's CogSci Mind Challenge winning a sum of $500,... -
A Rutgers researcher and RuCCS Executive Council Faculty, Jenny Wang, studies the benefits of...
Jinjing Jenny Wang, is a assistant professor of cognitive psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University. When Jinjing Jenny Wang embarked on a two-year study to determine... -
Kristen Syrett, a professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Center for Cognitive Science...
Kristen joined Rutgers in 2011, as a professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Center for Cognitive Science. An expert in the areas of language acquisition and psycholinguistics, Kristen is...
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