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Where is the Program located?

The Cognitive Science Program offices are at RCB 8115 and 8116, which are located in the Robert C. Brown building (formerly the Classroom Complex) just off the northwest corner of the AQ, at the entrance of RCB near the main entrance of the Images Theatre. You'll see our signs.

Where does cognitive science take place on campus?

Cognitive Science is taking place in a variety of Faculties and Departments at SFU and includes a wide range of research.

The Cognitive Science Lab at SFU specializes in the study of human attention, learning, and concept formation.  It is equipped with a state-of-the-art eye tracker - a device that tracks eye movements - which Dr. Mark Blair uses to study the early flow of information from the attentional system to higher-order knowledge and psychological abilities.

SFU is home to the McDonnell Project in the Neurosciences, an unprecedented $1 million line of research into the nature of colour vision headed by Dr. Kathleen Akins.  She and a group of philosophers and scientists around the world started a research program in 1999 asking what it means to see the world 'in colour'. 

The Cognitive Science Lab is located in RCB 7406 (accessed off the ramp in the Robert C. Brown building).