Kay M. Tye (born c. 1981) [1] is an American neuroscientist and professor and Wylie Vale Chair [2] in the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences. Her research has focused on using optogenetics to identify connections in the brain that are involved in innate emotion, motivation and …

Kay M. Tye received her bachelor’s degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT in 2003 and earned her Ph.D. in 2008 at UCSF with Patricia Janak. Her thesis work was supported by the National Science Foundation and recognized with the Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience as well as the Weintraub Award in Biosciences.

Below are some notable researchers in cognitive science.

Sep 9, 2021 · This kind of learning, known as observational learning, offers a major evolutionary advantage, says Kay Tye, an MIT associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences and a member of MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory.

Jun 16, 2020 · Kay is optimistic that as more scientists focus on the cognitive processes that produce our subjective emotional experiences, we’ll be better equipped to treat mental health issues in two key ways. First, we’ll be able to develop more targeted treatments.

Jul 3, 2015 · Dr. Kay Tye is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kay Tye, PhD, investigates the neural circuitry that drives these emotions and cognitive abilities to understand addiction and depression better. She discovered a neural pathway that underlies an animal’s willingness to engage in compulsive reward …

Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field with contributors from various fields, including psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy of mind, computer science, anthropology and biology. Cognitive scientists work collectively in hope of understanding the mind and its interactions with the surrounding world much like other sciences do.

Training cognitive scientists who can meld disciplines into a genuinely integrated science of the mind and brain. Graduate training is highly interdisciplinary and strongly theoretically oriented. Cognitive science majors study the mind and brain from multiple perspectives.

Cognitive Science journal publishes articles in all areas of cognitive science, covering topics such as learning, brain theory, motor control, and more.