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Fields of teaching and research	Neuropsychology Neuropsychology Neuropsychology studies the structure and function of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors. The term neuropsychology has been applied to lesion studies in humans and animals. It has also been applied to efforts to record electrical activity from individual cells in... , Cognitive science Cognitive science Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine... , Cognitive science of mathematics, Neuropsychology of the subcortical structures and the cerebellum Cerebellum The cerebellum is a region of the brain that plays an important role in motor control. It may also be involved in some cognitive functions such as attention and language, and in regulating fear and pleasure responses, but its movement-related functions are the most solidly established... , Memory disorder Memory disorder Memory can be defined as an organism's ability to encode, retain, and recall information. Disorders of memory can range from mild to severe, yet are all a result of damage to neuroanatomical structures; either in part or in full. This damage hinders the storage, retention and recollection of memories... s, Evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology is an approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological traits such as memory, perception, and language from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify which human psychological traits are evolved adaptations, that is, the functional...
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The Cognitive Science and Neuropsychology Program has been organised by Csaba Pléh

Csaba Pléh

Csaba Pléh is a Hungarian psychologist and linguist, professor at the Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics.-Academic career:...

, in 1999 at the Institute of Psychology, University of Szeged

University of Szeged

The University of Szeged is one of Hungary's most distinguished universities, and is among the most prominent higher education institutions in Central Europe...

. The aim of the program is to introduce the theories and methods of cognitive science

Cognitive science

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...

 and neuropsychology

Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology studies the structure and function of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors. The term neuropsychology has been applied to lesion studies in humans and animals. It has also been applied to efforts to record electrical activity from individual cells in...

 both to undergraduate students and researchers from other fields. The program welcome guest professors, international students and other interested students and researchers for participation and collaboration. The program has the intent of becoming an interface between cognitive labs and disciplines in cognitive science, broadly conceived in Central Europe

Central Europe

Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...

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Members

• WINKLER, István
  István Winkler
  István Winkler Hungarian psychologist.Scientific Advisor and Head of the Department of General Psychology at the...
  
  
• SZOKOLSZKY, Ágnes
  Ágnes Szokolszky
  Ágnes Szokolszky is a Hungarian educator and psychologist, a habilitated associate professor and director of the Institute of Psychology, Szeged....
  
  
• RACSMÁNY, Mihály
• KRAJCSI, Attila
• NÉMETH, Dezső
  Dezső Németh
  Dezső Németh Hungarian psychologist, associate professor, member of the Cognitive and Neuropsychology Group, acting director of the Institute of Psychology, Szeged....
  
  
• TISLJÁR, Roland
• CSIFCSÁK, Gábor
• JANACSEK, Karolina

External links

• Nemeth, Janacsek et al: Learning in Autism: Implicitly Superb; Plos One
• World of cognition by Csaba Pléh
• István Winkler at al.: Newborn infants detect the beat in music, in PNAS
• Memory and Language Lab - Szeged
• Homepage of the Cognitive Science and Neuropsychology Group