Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition

Understanding Human Cognition (n=180)

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Laurel J. Buxbaum, Psy.D. Co-Project Manager: Myrna Schwartz (Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute) Matthew Botvinick (Princeton University) Scott Frey (University of Oregon) Scott Grafton (University of Santa Barbara) Prospective control of action: Computational principles, neural substrates, and clinical implications	2009 USA
Association for Psychological Science Alan Kraut, Ph.D. To support the development and public outreach efforts for the upcoming publication of "Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI)" on giftedness and gifted education	2010 $50,000 USA
Atlanta Research and Education Foundation Inc. Paul García, M.D., Ph.D. Probing the overlap between sleep and anesthesia to enhance human cognition	2012 USA
Bangor University Robert D. Rafal, M.D. The Visceral Mind: A hands on course in the neuroanatomy of cognition	2009 United Kingdom
Bangor University Robert D. Rafal, M.D. The Visceral Mind: A hands on course in the neuroanatomy of cognition 2014-2016	2013 United Kingdom
Birkbeck, University of London Emily Jones, Ph.D. Stay Cool: The development of self-regulation in mind, brain and body https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3806	2022 $250,000 United Kingdom
Boston University Lynsey Gibbons, Ph.D. Understanding How Elementary Teachers Take Up Discussion Practices to Promote Disciplinary Learning and Equity https://doi.org/10.37717/220020522	2017 USA
Boston University Stefan Hofmann, Ph.D. From Defensive Reponses to Clinical Interventions: Understanding the Mechanisms of Anxiety	2016 USA
Boston University Stefan Hofmann, Ph.D. From Defensive Responses to Clinical Interventions: Understanding the Mechanisms of Anxiety Phase 2. https://doi.org/10.37717/220020479.01	2019 USA
Brain Trauma Foundation Jamshid Ghajar, M.D., Ph.D. Co-PIs: Roland Lee, Mingxiong Huang, Deborah Harrington, Rebecca Theilmann, Terry Sejnowski, Pratik Mukherjee, Maurizio Corbetta, Gordon Shulman, Josh Shimony, and Avi Snyder Attention Dynamics Consortium in Traumatic Brain Injury (ADC-TBI)	2008 USA
Brazilian Society for Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC) Sidarta Riberio, Ph.D. Support for the Third Latin American School on Education and the Cognitive and Neural Sciences	2012 $420,000 Brazil
Brown University Dima Amso, Ph.D. Emergent complexity in human development: Evidence from process-oriented investigations of attention and memory https://doi.org/10.37717/220020290	2011 $600,000 USA
Brown University David Badre, Ph.D. Foundations of goal-directed behavior: Neural and cognitive processes supporting cognitive control https://doi.org/10.37717/220020332	2012 $600,000 USA
California Institute of Technology John M. Allman, Ph.D. Barbara J. Wold (California Institute of Technology), Arthur D. (Bud) Craig (Barrow Neurological Institute), Patrick R. Hof, (Mount Sinai School of Medicine), Kebreten F. Manaye, (Howard University), William W. Seeley (University of California, San Francisco), Chet C. Sherwood (The George Washington University) Neurobiology of the Von Economo Neurons and related circuits	2009 USA
Cardiff University Hana D'Souza, Ph.D. Understanding the everyday visual experiences of young children with motor difficulties: The case of Down syndrome https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3711	2022 $250,000 United Kingdom
Carnegie Mellon University John R. Anderson, Ph.D. Theoretical methodology for using fMRI to understand complex cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020162	2008 $600,000 USA
Carnegie Mellon University David J. Danks, Ph.D. Integrating causal cognition, concepts and decision-making https://doi.org/10.37717/220020161	2008 $600,000 USA
Carnegie Mellon University Anna V. Fisher, Ph.D. Elucidating developmental change in the structure of semantic knowledge and inductive reasoning https://doi.org/10.37717/220020401	2014 $600,000 USA
Carnegie Mellon University Clark Glymour, Ph.D. Experimental planning and the unification of causal knowledge	2011 USA
Carnegie Mellon University Lori Holt, Ph.D. Tracking engagement in human communication from wearable sensors in real-world environments https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3997	2022 $250,000 USA
Carnegie Mellon University Amy Ogan, Ph.D. ClassInSight: Insight on Teacher Learning by Scaffolding Noticing and Reflection https://doi.org/10.37717/220020520	2017 USA
Ceibal Center for Educational Support of Children and Adolescents Alejandro Maiche & Juan Valle Lisboa and Juan Valle Lisboa Support for the Fourth Latin American School on Education and the Cognitive and Neural Sciences	2013 $250,000 Uruguay
Colby College Jennifer Coane, Ph.D. Integrating new and prior knowledge in semantic memory https://doi.org/10.37717/220020426	2015 $600,000 USA
Colgate University Bruce C. Hansen, Ph.D. Understanding early visual codes and their relative contribution to rapid perceptual inference https://doi.org/10.37717/220020430	2015 $600,000 USA
Duke University Elizabeth M. Brannon, Ph.D. Developmental and evolutionary foundations of mathematical cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020164	2008 $600,000 USA
École Normale Supérieure, Paris Alejandrina Cristia, Ph.D. Early language acquisition: Beyond WEIRD https://doi.org/10.37717/220020501	2017 $600,000 France
École Normale Supérieure, Paris Sophie Denève, Ph.D. Causal Inference with spiking neurons https://doi.org/10.37717/220020335	2012 $600,000 France
Emory University Paul García, Ph.D., M.D. Probing the overlap between sleep and anesthesia to enhance human cognition (Phase 2) https://doi.org/10.37717/220020484	2016 $ USA
Fundación Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Mariano Sigman, Ph.D. From single decisions to mental programs. https://doi.org/10.37717/220020334	2012 $600,000 Argentina
Fundación Ciencas Exactas y Naturales Mariano Sigman Support for the Second Latin American School on Education and the Cognitive and Neural Sciences	2011 $425,000 Argentina
Fundacion Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Andrea Goldin & Cecilia Calero & Cecilia Calero In support of the Sixth Latin American School on Education and the Cognitive and Neural Sciences https://doi.org/10.37717/220020443	2015 $350,000 Argentina
George Washington University Chet C. Sherwood, Ph.D. Discovering the evolved human brain phenotype https://doi.org/10.37717/220020293	2011 $600,000 USA
Harvard Medical School Jan Drugowitsch, Ph.D. The approximate computations underlying decisions based on perceptual evidence https://doi.org/10.37717/220020462	2016 $600,000 USA
Harvard University Susan Carey, Ph.D. The Nature and Origins of the Human Capacity for Abstract Combinatorial Thought https://doi.org/10.37717/220020449	2015 $1,977,025 USA
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Amir Amedi, Ph.D. The brain as a flexible, sensory-modality-independent task machine: From basic research to visual rehabilitation https://doi.org/10.37717/220020284	2011 $600,000 Israel
Indiana University Joshua Danish, Ph.D. Teacher Cognition and Learning about Incorporating Science Representations in Elementary Classrooms https://doi.org/10.37717/220020521	2017 USA
Indiana University - Bloomington Emily Fyfe, Ph.D. Understanding the development of early mathematics knowledge https://doi.org/10.37717/220020547	2018 $600,000 USA
INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale) Alessandro Farnè, Ph.D. Spatial awareness: Normality, pathology and rehabilitation https://doi.org/10.37717/220020235	2010 $600,000 France
Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Claudio Brozzoli, Ph.D. NEW HORIZONS AND A TIME-SCALE FOR LEARNING TRANSFER Identifying the dynamic of brain plasticity during tool use to boost language learning https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-3101	2021 $250,000 France
Iowa State University Shana Carpenter, Ph.D. Co-Researchers: Andrew Butler, Jeffrey Karpicke, David Miele, Timothy Nokes-Malach, Sarah Tauber Implementing Principles from the Science of Learning within Educational Practice https://doi.org/10.37717/220020483	2016 $4,635,718 USA
Johns Hopkins University Justin Halberda, Ph.D. How biology and experience shape mathematical thought https://doi.org/10.37717/220020407	2014 $600,000 USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine John W. Krakauer, M.D. Co-Principal Investigator and Director of the Outpatient Neuro-rehabilitation Program: Pablo A. Celnick M.D. Tracking and altering the time course of spontaneous biological recovery after stroke	2010 USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine John W. Krakauer, M.D. Co-Principal Investigator and Director of the Outpatient Neuro-rehabilitation Program: Pablo A. Celnick M.D. Tracking and altering the time course of spontaneous biological recovery after stroke Phase II	2013 USA
Karolinska Institute H. Henrik Ehrsson, Ph.D., M.D. Multisensory mechanism of body ownership and the projection of ownership onto artificial bodies https://doi.org/10.37717/220020233	2010 $600,000 Sweden
Knox College Daniel Peterson, Ph.D. How does retrieval shape memory? Exploring the retrieval practice effect https://doi.org/10.37717/220020429	2015 $600,000 USA
Koç University Tilbe Göksun, Ph.D. Event representation and relational language learning https://doi.org/10.37717/220020510	2017 $600,000 Turkey
Lombardy Veneto Province Hospital Order of St. John of God, The Brothers of St. John of God Carlo Miniussi Noninvasive brain stimulation: new tools, new concepts, and an integrated approach to cognitive neurorehabilitation	2010 $50,000 Italy
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München Markus Paulus, Ph.D. The emergence and early development of morality https://doi.org/10.37717/220020511	2017 $600,000 Germany
Massachusetts General Hospital Brian L. Edlow, M.D. Brainstem modulation of human consciousness https://doi.org/10.37717/220020463	2016 $600,000 USA
Massachusetts General Hospital Ken Solt, M.D. Reanimation and Cognitive Recovery from General Anesthesia https://doi.org/10.37717/220020406	2014 $600,000 USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Halassa, M.D.,Ph.D. Network Neuroscience, Metabolism, and Human Neuropathic Disease https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-3651	2021 $50,000 USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Roger Levy, Ph.D. & with collaborators Noga Zaslavsky and Nidhi Seethapathi with collaborators Noga Zaslavsky and Nidhi Seethapathi An integrative computational account of language and locomotion https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3942	2022 $250,000 USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Josh McDermott, Ph.D. The Computational Basis of Human Audition: Representation, Recognition, and Segregation https://doi.org/10.37717/220020331	2012 $600,000 USA
Mount Holyoke College Mara Breen, Ph.D. Exploring auditory imagery through reading https://doi.org/10.37717/220020431	2015 $600,000 USA
New York University Nathaniel D. Daw, Ph.D. Dissecting learning: combining experimental and computational approaches https://doi.org/10.37717/220020291	2011 $600,000 USA
New York University Todd M. Gureckis, Ph.D. Self-directed learning: Understanding the interactions between decision making, learning, and memory https://doi.org/10.37717/220020408	2014 $600,000 USA
New York University Marjorie Rhodes, Ph.D. Developing representations of the social world https://doi.org/10.37717/220020503	2017 $600,000 USA
Northwestern University Brian Reiser, Ph.D. Developing a Model of Teacher Learning to Support Classroom Enactment of Purposeful Sensemaking https://doi.org/10.37717/220020526	2017 USA
Occidental College Andrew Shtulman, Ph.D. The roles of intuition and reflection in understanding science https://doi.org/10.37717/220020425	2015 $600,000 USA
Pomona College Shlomi Sher, Ph.D. The rational construction of preference https://doi.org/10.37717/220020427	2015 $600,000 USA
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Marcela Peña In support of the Fifth Latin American School on Education and the Cognitive and Neural Sciences	2014 $250,000 Chile
Princeton University Molly Crockett, Ph.D. & with collaborator Sally Xie with collaborator Sally Xie How Transformative Experiences Shape Adult Identity Development https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3920	2022 $250,000 USA
Princeton University Lauren Emberson, Ph.D. Does Top-Down Processing Support Infant Development? https://doi.org/10.37717/220020505	2017 $600,000 USA
Princeton University Asif A. Ghazanfar, Ph.D. Vocal communication emerges and evolves through coupled oscillations https://doi.org/10.37717/220020238	2010 $600,000 USA
Princeton University Kanaka Rajan, Ph.D. Integrative theory of memory and cognitive processes https://doi.org/10.37717/220020466	2016 $600,000 USA
Radboud University Willem Frankenhuis, Ph.D. Integrating evolution, development, and learning in psychological science https://doi.org/10.37717/220020502	2017 $600,000 Netherlands
Radboud University Nijmegen Floris P. de Lange, Ph.D. Priors in perception: How foreknowledge changes neural computations https://doi.org/10.37717/220020373	2013 $600,000 The Netherlands
Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Roshan Cools, Ph.D. Understanding motivation and cognition: Combining psychology and neuropharmacology https://doi.org/10.37717/220020328	2012 $600,000 Netherlands
Rochester Institute of Technology Rain Bosworth, Ph.D. & with collaborator Alison Fitch with collaborator Alison Fitch Do Tactile Exploratory Behaviors Predict Language Development in Deaf Signing Children? https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-2864	2021 $250,000 USA
Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre Hospital A. Randall McIntosh, Ph.D. Co-PIs: Michael Breakspear, Karl Friston, Maria-Felice Ghilardi, Rolf Kotter, Nancy Lobaugh, Mary-Pat McAndrews, Cathy Price, Nicholas Schiff, Steven Small, Ana Solodkin, Olaf Sporns, Stephen Strother, Giulio Tononi, and Richard Zemel Network mechanisms underlying cognition and recovery of function in the human brain	2008 Canada
Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre Hospital A. Randall McIntosh, Ph.D. Brain Network Recovery Group (Brain NRG) Phase II	2010 Canada
Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre Hospital A. Randall McIntosh, Ph.D. Brain Network Recovery Group (Brain NRG) Phase III	2013 Canada
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey Elizabeth Bonawitz, Ph.D. Learning in Early Childhood: A Computational Cognitive Developmental Approach https://doi.org/10.37717/220020544	2018 $600,000 USA
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey Stephen J. Hanson, Ph.D. Clark Glymour (Carnegie Mellon University) and Russell Poldrack (University of California, Los Angeles) Accessing Brain Interactivity II	2009 USA
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey Vanessa LoBue, Ph.D. Responding to Imminent Threat: A Developmental Approach https://doi.org/10.37717/220020504	2017 $600,000 USA
Stanford University Lera Boroditsky, Ph.D. Mental representations of abstract domains https://doi.org/10.37717/220020237	2010 $600,000 USA
Stanford University Surya Ganguli, Ph.D. The emergence of cognition from the biophysics of neurons and synapses https://doi.org/10.37717/220020402	2014 $600,000 USA
Stanford University Lisa Giocomo, Ph.D. Components and computations for building adaptive cognitive maps of space https://doi.org/10.37717/220020464	2016 $600,000 USA
Stanford University Noah D. Goodman, Ph.D. Compositionality in probabilistic models of cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020252	2010 $600,000 USA
Stanford University Hyowon Gweon, Ph.D. Cognitive Foundations of Distinctively Human Social Learning https://doi.org/10.37717/220020545	2018 $600,000 USA
Stanford University Daniel Yamins, Ph.D. Building richer computational models of visual cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020469	2016 $600,000 USA
Temple University Elizabeth Gunderson, Ph.D. Developing Mathematical Skills and Motivation https://doi.org/10.37717/220020546	2018 $600,000 USA
Temple University Peter Marshall, Ph.D. & with collaborator Valentina Parma, Ph.D. with collaborator Valentina Parma, Ph.D. Expanding the Horizons for Research at the Developmental Interface of Brain, Body, and Behavior https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1209	2020 $250,000 USA
Temple University Abby Reisman (University of Pennsylvania), Ph.D. & Co-Project Lead: Tim Patterson, Ph.D. (Temple) Co-Project Lead: Tim Patterson, Ph.D. (Temple) The Development of Novice Teachers’ Role-Identities as Discussion Facilitators in Social Studies Classrooms https://doi.org/10.37717/220020590	2020 $2,464,087 USA
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Leeanne Carey & Carolyn Baum, & Naomi Josman Advancing the Science of Rehabilitation: Translating Neuroscience and Rehabilitation into Everyday Life	2014 $528,500 Australia
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ayelet Landau, Ph.D. Rhythmic sampling: A domain-general principle in the architecture of attention https://doi.org/10.37717/220020465	2016 $600,000 Israel
The New School for Social Research Daniel Casasanto, Ph.D. How experience shapes the mind: Roles of language, culture, and body https://doi.org/10.37717/220020236	2010 $600,000 USA
The New School for Social Research William C. Hirst, Ph.D. & Elizabeth Phelps (New York University) Co-PI: Elizabeth Phelps (New York University) "Flashbulb Memories" Consortium II: Ten-year follow-up study on memory for the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001	2011 USA
The Rockefeller University Charles D. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D. Computational models of recurrent cortical networks	2009 $362,728 USA
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Fred H. Gage, Ph.D. Adult neurogenesis: bridging the gap between model organisms and human cognition	2012 USA
The University of Edinburgh Sharon Goldwater, Ph.D. Understanding synergies in language acquisition through computational modeling https://doi.org/10.37717/220020374	2013 $600,000 United Kingdom
The University of Queensland Jonathan Redshaw, Ph.D. Assessing real-world intelligence in children: A cognitive offloading approach https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3781	2022 $250,000 Australia
The University of Western Ontario Jessica Grahn, Ph.D. Moving to the beat: The relationship between rhythm perception and movement https://doi.org/10.37717/220020403	2014 $600,000 Canada
Trinity College Dublin Conor J. Houghton, Ph.D. How is sensory information encoded in spike trains? https://doi.org/10.37717/220020239	2010 $600,000 Ireland
Tulane University Jeffrey Lockman, Ph.D. Origins of body knowledge https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1236	2020 $250,000 USA
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Sergio Chaigneau, Ph.D. & with collaborators Enrique Canessa and Sebastián Moreno with collaborators Enrique Canessa and Sebastián Moreno A method for studying shared meaning in cultural groups https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3930	2022 $250,000 Chile
Universidad de Chile (University of Chile) Marcela Peña, Ph.D. Sidarta Ribeiro (University of Natal, Brazil) and Mariano Sigman (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) Support for the Latin American School on Education and the Cognitive and Neural Sciences	2009 Chile
Universidad de los Andes Santiago Amaya, Ph.D. Off the Rails: Moral Psychology Beyond Traditional Borders https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1200	2020 $250,000 Colombia
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Mariano Sigman, Ph.D. From single decisions to mental programs	2012 $600,000 Argentina
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Ph.D. The human brain in numbers: Comparative quantitative studies of the cellular composition of the nervous system of humans and other mammals to investigate the morphological bases of our cognitive advantage https://doi.org/10.37717/220020232	2010 $600,000 Brazil
Università degli Studi di Milano Marcello Massimini, M.D., Ph.D. Consciousness and brain complexity: From theory to practice https://doi.org/10.37717/220020369	2013 $600,000 Italy
University College London Jörn Diedrichsen, Ph.D. How does the brain learn movement? Bridging the gap between behavioral processes and functional imaging signals https://doi.org/10.37717/220020283	2011 $600,000 United Kingdom
University College London Marko Nardini, Ph.D. Development of human spatial cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020240	2010 $600,000 UK
University College London Hugo J. Spiers, Ph.D. Navigational guidance systems in the human brain https://doi.org/10.37717/220020285	2011 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Aberdeen Amelia R. Hunt, Ph.D. Attention, perceptual continuity, and action control https://doi.org/10.37717/220020282	2011 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Arizona Nicole Kersting, Ph.D. Teachers as Learners – Teachers as Thinkers: Improving Classroom Communication in Mathematics https://doi.org/10.37717/220020586	2020 $2,500,000 USA
University of California - Berkeley Silvia Bunge, Ph.D. Relational reasoning: Neural mechanisms, development, and plasticity https://doi.org/10.37717/220020281	2011 $600,000 USA
University of California - Berkeley Tania Lombrozo, Ph.D. Knowledge from nowhere: How thinking leads to learning https://doi.org/10.37717/220020288	2011 $600,000 USA
University of California - Berkeley Mahesh Srinivasan, Ph.D. Learning to Learn: How Polysemy Scaffolds Development https://doi.org/10.37717/220020548	2018 $600,000 USA
University of California - Davis Steven Z. Athanases, Ph.D. New Teachers Learning Disciplined Improvisation for Meaningful Talk in Diverse Classrooms https://doi.org/10.37717/220020519	2017 USA
University of California - Davis Simona Ghetti, Ph.D. Building blocks of episodic memory: Insight from typical and atypical development https://doi.org/10.37717/220020241	2010 $600,000 USA
University of California - Los Angeles Martin Monti, Ph.D. Cognitive processing and awareness at the lower boundaries of consciousness: Insights from the vegetative and minimally conscious states	2011 $600,000 USA
University of California - Los Angeles Anne Warlaumont, Ph.D. Understanding the emergence of speech vocalizations in human infancy https://doi.org/10.37717/220020507	2017 $600,000 USA
University of California - San Diego Adam R. Aron, Ph.D. A stopping circuit for human self control https://doi.org/10.37717/220020375	2013 $600,000 USA
University of California - San Diego David Barner, Ph.D. Encoding abstract concepts in language https://doi.org/10.37717/220020280	2011 $600,000 USA
University of California - San Diego John Serences, Ph.D. Linking attentional modulations in human visual cortex with perception and behavior https://doi.org/10.37717/220020329	2012 $600,000 USA
University of California at Riverside John Franchak, Ph.D. Characterizing infants' everyday motor and object experiences through computer vision analysis of caregiver-captured video surveys https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3803	2022 $250,000 USA
University of California, Davis Joy Geng, Ph.D. Leveraging Virtual Reality to Unlock Interactions Between Visual Attention and Memory in Children and Adults https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1251	2020 $250,000 USA
University of California, Davis Lisa Oakes, Ph.D. Examination of infant learning in naturalistic interactions https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1214	2020 $250,000 USA
University of California-Santa Cruz Magy Seif El-Nasr, Ph.D. & with collaborator Elin Carstensdottir with collaborator Elin Carstensdottir A Methodology for Studying the Dynamics of Resilience of College Students https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-3034	2021 $250,000 USA
University of Cambridge Duncan Astle, Ph.D. Embracing complexity in neurodevelopment https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1289	2020 $250,000 United Kingdom
University of Cambridge James B. Rowe, Ph.D. Progress in understanding voluntary action https://doi.org/10.37717/220020289	2011 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Cambridge Jon Simons, Ph.D. Getting a Grip on the Subjective Experience of Remembering https://doi.org/10.37717/220020333	2012 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Cambridge Dénes Szücs, Ph.D. Cognitive and emotional background of mathematical development: The role of working memory and executive attention in context https://doi.org/10.37717/220020370	2013 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Chicago Daniel Yurovsky, Ph.D. A coordination approach to early language learning https://doi.org/10.37717/220020506	2017 $600,000 USA
University of Colorado at Boulder Tamara Sumner, Ph.D. Developing a model of teacher learning to support computationally rich communication in science classrooms https://doi.org/10.37717/220020587	2020 $2,499,702 USA
University of Connecticut Sumarga Suanda, Ph.D. How the Dynamics of Early Interactions Shape Word Learning https://doi.org/10.37717/220020549	2018 $600,000 USA
University of Delaware Giovanna Morini, Ph.D. & with collaborators Thierry Morlet & Zachary Collier with collaborators Thierry Morlet & Zachary Collier A naturalistic examination of the listening environment and its role on development https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-3038	2021 $250,000 USA
University of Georgia Drew Abney, Ph.D. Sensorimotor cascades: Integrating real-time movement dynamics during the sleep and awake periods of human infants https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3861	2022 $250,000 USA
University of Illinois at Chicago Susan Goldman, Ph.D. How Teachers Learn: Orchestrating Disciplinary Discourse in Science, Literature, and Mathematics Classrooms https://doi.org/10.37717/220020517	2017 USA
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Kara D. Federmeier, Ph.D. Cognitive and neural mechanisms of meaning comprehension https://doi.org/10.37717/220020234	2010 $600,000 USA
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Jessica Montag, Ph.D. Understanding early language environments: Analytic techniques and outcome predictions https://doi.org/10.37717/220020550	2018 $600,000 USA
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Duane G. Watson, Ph.D. Understanding language: Prosody and cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020287	2011 $600,000 USA
University of Iowa Daniel Tranel, Ph.D. Vulnerable hubs in human brain networks: A new approach to neurological disease	2014 USA
University of Leipzig Dorothee Saur, M.D., Ph.D. Function, dysfunction and repair of language networks https://doi.org/10.37717/220020292	2011 $600,000 Germany
University of Michigan Adriene Beltz, Ph.D. Personalized Cognition in Context: An Ambulatory Assessment Study of Executive Function Dynamics Across Adulthood and Aging https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1145	2020 $250,000 USA
University of Michigan Patricio Herbst, Ph.D. Managing students’ contributions to mathematical work in whole class discussions in high school: How do teachers decide what to do? https://doi.org/10.37717/220020524	2017 USA
University of Michigan Chauncey Monte-Sano, Ph.D. Teachers Learning to Facilitate Communication and Reasoning Through Inquiry with History and Social Science Sources https://doi.org/10.37717/220020518	2017 USA
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor George A. Mashour, M.D., Ph.D. Reconstructing consciousness and cognition	2012 USA
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor George A. Mashour, M.D., Ph.D. Co-Investigators: Max Kelz, M.D., Ph.D. and Michael Avidan, MBBCh Reconstructing consciousness and cognition, Phase 2 https://doi.org/10.37717/220020419	2015 USA
University of Missouri-St. Louis Natalie Bolton, Ph.D. St. Louis Translational Fellowships in Education https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-4045	2022 $4,062,395 USA
University of Oregon Melissa Baese-Berk, Ph.D. & with collaborators Tessa Bent, Erica Ryherd, & Natalie Manley with collaborators Tessa Bent, Erica Ryherd, & Natalie Manley Context-specific speech perception and barriers to successful communication between healthcare providers and aging patients https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-3028	2021 $250,000 USA
University of Oxford Timothy E. Behrens, Ph.D. Cortical mechanisms underlying human behavioural control https://doi.org/10.37717/220020372	2013 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Oxford Emma Cohen, Ph.D. Does Social Support Buffer Fatigue? A Social-Developmental Approach https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1152	2020 $250,000 United Kingdom
University of Oxford Roi Cohen Kadosh, Ph.D. New frontiers to improve learning, cognition and neuroplasticity https://doi.org/10.37717/220020404	2014 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Oxford Anna C. Nobre, Ph.D. Brain Rhythms in Cognition: Instrumental or Epiphenomenal?	2013 $ United Kingdom
University of Oxford Anna C. Nobre, Ph.D. Brain Rhythms in Cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020448	2015 United Kingdom
University of Oxford Gaia Scerif, Ph.D. Effects of attention disorders on developing cognition: Mechanisms and plasticity https://doi.org/10.37717/220020330	2012 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Oxford Mark Stokes, Ph.D. Stability of mind in a dynamic brain: Neural principles of working memory for flexible human cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020405	2014 $600,000 United Kingdom
University of Pennsylvania Amy Stornaiuolo, Ph.D. Facilitating Digital Discourse: Teachers as Learners in a Digital Age https://doi.org/10.37717/220020588	2020 $2,499,399 USA
University of Pittsburgh Melissa Libertus, Ph.D. Intrinsic and extrinsic influences on young children’s mathematical abilities https://doi.org/10.37717/220020552	2018 $600,000 USA
University of Pittsburgh Mary Kay Stein, Ph.D. Teacher Learning to Enact Productive Discussions in Mathematics and Literacy https://doi.org/10.37717/220020525	2017 USA
University of Richmond Cindy Bukach, Ph.D. BEYOND CATEGORIES: Understanding the factors underlying category specificity in the brain https://doi.org/10.37717/220020428	2015 $600,000 USA
University of Rochester Jessica F. Cantlon, Ph.D. The origins and organization of numerical information in the mind and brain https://doi.org/10.37717/220020300	2011 $600,000 USA
University of South Carolina Jessica Bradshaw, Ph.D. & with collaborators Drew Abney & Dexin Shi with collaborators Drew Abney & Dexin Shi The Embodied Emergence of Social Communication : Implications for Autism in Infancy https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-3177	2021 $250,000 USA
University of Southern California Terence D. Sanger, M.D., Ph.D. High Speed Simulation and Prediction of the Effect of Brain Injury on Development	2009 $450,000 USA
University of Southern California Justin Wood, Ph.D. Using Automated Controlled Rearing to Explore the Origins of the Mind https://doi.org/10.37717/220020508	2017 $600,000 USA
University of Texas at Dallas Gagan Wig, Ph.D. A complex networks approach for understanding age-related cognitive decline https://doi.org/10.37717/220020468	2016 $600,000 USA
University of Texas at El Paso Christine Potter, Ph.D. & with collaborators Casey Lew-Williams & Eldar Shafir (Princeton University) with collaborators Casey Lew-Williams & Eldar Shafir (Princeton University) Effects of financial concerns on low-income parents' speech to children https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-3135	2021 $250,000 USA
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Genevieve Konopka, Ph.D. Elucidating the molecular evolution of human cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020467	2016 $600,000 USA
University of Toronto Morgan D. Barense, Ph.D. Seeing is remembering: Probing the common representations underlying memory and perception https://doi.org/10.37717/220020376	2013 $600,000 Canada
University of Washington Jessica Thompson, Ph.D. Preparing Teachers to Facilitate Asset-based Science & Literacy Discourse in Dual and Multilingual Elementary Classrooms https://doi.org/10.37717/220020589	2020 $2,496,461 USA
University of Wisconsin - Madison Hala Ghousseini, Ph.D. Advancing Teachers’ Pedagogical Reasoning and Practices with Tools https://doi.org/10.37717/220020523	2017 USA
University of Wisconsin - Madison Percival Matthews, Ph.D. Theoretical and Pedagogical Implications of the Nonsymbolic Ratio Processing System https://doi.org/10.37717/220020553	2018 $600,000 USA
University of Wisconsin - Madison Haley Vlach, Ph.D. The Development of Higher-Order Cognition: Words, Categories, and Concepts https://doi.org/10.37717/220020551	2018 $600,000 USA
University of Wisconsin-Madison Paula Niedenthal, Ph.D. & with collaborators Yin Li, Bilge Mutlu, & Emily Ward with collaborators Yin Li, Bilge Mutlu, & Emily Ward Faces in the Wild: Understanding Real-World Communication of Emotions https://doi.org/10.37717/2021-3105	2021 $250,000 USA
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Christian Olivers, Ph.D. Developing sensory-cognitive predictors of everyday functioning with visual impairment https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-3889	2022 $250,000 Amsterdam
Washington University in St. Louis Andrew Butler, Ph.D. St. Louis Translational Fellowships in Education https://doi.org/10.37717/2022-4046	2022 $3,562,246 USA
Washington University in St. Louis Steven E. Petersen, Ph.D. Communities and criticality in brain networks across development and in ADHD	2010 USA
Washington University in St. Louis Steven Petersen, Ph.D. How the brain breaks: Non-linear network level changes in neurodegenerative diseases https://doi.org/10.37717/220020534	2018 $333,679 USA
Washington University in St. Louis Henry L. Roediger, III, Ph.D. Co-PIs: Elizabeth L. Bjork, Robert A. Bjork, John Dunlosky, Larry L. Jacoby, Elizabeth J. Marsh, Mark A. McDaniel, Kathleen B. McDermott, Janet Metcalfe, Hal Pashler, & Katherine Rawson Applying Cognitive Psychology to Enhance Educational Practice: II https://doi.org/10.37717/220020166	2008 USA
Washington University in St. Louis Jeffrey Zacks, Ph.D. &  with collaborator Professor Simon Dennis with collaborator Professor Simon Dennis Event Cognition in the Wild https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1143	2020 $250,000 USA
Washington University School of Medicine Lisa Tabor Connor, Ph.D. & Santosh Mathan, Honeywell International, Inc. Co-Principal Investigator: Santosh Mathan, Honeywell International, Inc. Cognitive state sensing for aphasia rehabilitation	2011 USA
Weill Medical College of Cornell University Nicholas D. Schiff, M.D. , with Jonathan Victor (Weill Medical College of Cornell University), Jan Classen (Columbia University Medical Center), Paul Garcia (Columbia University Medical Center), Brian Edlow (Massachusetts General Hospital), and Emery Brown (Massachusetts General Hospital) COVID-19 Consortium for Recovery of Consciousness https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1412	2020 $1,500,000 USA
Weizmann Institute of Science Noam Sobel, Ph.D. From percept to molecule: Human olfactory cognition as a key to the neurobiology of olfaction https://doi.org/10.37717/220020163	2008 $600,000 Israel
Wellesley College Jennie E. Pyers, Ph.D. Understanding the unique relationship between language and human cognition https://doi.org/10.37717/220020432	2015 $600,000 USA
Williams College Nathan Kornell, Ph.D. Improving self-regulated learning https://doi.org/10.37717/220020371	2013 $600,000 USA
Yale University Laurie R. Santos, Ph.D. To err is human?: Exploring the evolutionary origins of cognitive biases https://doi.org/10.37717/220020242	2010 $600,000 USA
Yale University Nicholas Turk-Browne, Ph.D. Establishing ground truth about the development of episodic memory in infancy https://doi.org/10.37717/2020-1208	2020 $250,000 USA
Yale University School of Medicine Nenad Sestan, M.D., Ph.D. Evolutionary specializations and development of the human frontal cortex https://doi.org/10.37717/220020165	2008 $600,000 USA