MTS Talk Series

Our Mind, Technology, & Society talk series brings world-class scholars and scientists to UC Merced.Learn More

Graduate Studies

The Cognitive & Information Sciences Ph.D. program emphasizes training in scientific research.Learn More

Undergrad Studies

UC Merced’s unique B.A. & B.S. Cognitive Science degrees integrate training in several fields.Learn More

Faculty book: "Information technology is at the center of modern life. It supports most day-to-day activities: talking on the phone, getting money from an ATM, or working in the office. Whether for work, commerce, or fun, we interact with computers, networks, and databases -- all sorts of information technology. How does it work? " Click here for Amazon, co-authored by UCM faculty Paul Maglio.

Featured faculty research: "The squeals, vowel-like sounds and growls made by infants are critical to the development of human language, according a recent paper coauthored by a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Merced." Click here for the story about Anne Warlaumont's recent paper.

Recently featured faculty Teenie Matlock: "Studying the more implicit linguistic details of these messages, especially grammar and metaphor, is useful to gaining a better understanding of how language influences election outcomes." Click here for the story in American Scientist

Merced @ CogSci! This year, UC Merced's Cognitive Science group is bringing over two dozen presentations to the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, in Berlin, likely placing it among the best-represented universities at the conference. Click here for the list of presentations...

Our interdisciplinary program integrates methods and approaches from linguistics, psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, and computer science, to study thought and behavior. One of the signature groups on our campus, Cognitive Science offers B.A. and B.S. degrees, and Ph.D. studies in Cognitive and Information Sciences as part of a graduate program in Social and Cognitive Sciences. Specialties are computational modeling, cognitive engineering, high-level cognition, language and communication, perception and action, and philosophy of cognitive science. We welcome applications from students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Faculty and students meet regularly for the Mind, Technology, and Society seminar which hosts talks from a diverse range of visiting researchers. Click here to see the Spring 2013 schedule and watch videos of recent speakers.

Other News

2013 Grad Symposium

  • May 15th, 2013

On Friday, May 10th, 2013 CIS held its annual First- and Second-Year Talk Symposium. This year we had 6 second-year talks (Winter, Lichtenstein, Kelly, […]

UC Merced 2013 CogSci Presentations

  • May 11th, 2013

This year, UC Merced’s Cognitive Science group is bringing over two dozen presentations to the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, in Berlin, […]

CIS Postdoc Studies Deception

  • April 12th, 2013

From the SSHA story:
Deception. Often used as fodder for spy novels and whodunits, it is more than just a dramatic device in fictional tales. […]