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Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University Multi-disciplinary study of the mind/brain at JHU.

The Cognitive Science Department provides theoretically-oriented research and training opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and post doctoral fellows. As a fully autonomous academic unit, we provide a focused environment that is wholly dedicated to the multi-disciplinary intellectual challenge of integrating contemporary approaches to the study of the mind/brain.

🧠🎉We congratulate Brenda Rapp, whose career of scientific discovery has been recognized by a 2026 Distinguished Career A...
08/10/2026

🧠🎉We congratulate Brenda Rapp, whose career of scientific discovery has been recognized by a 2026 Distinguished Career Award from the Society for the Neurobiology of Language. This honor recognizes her transformative contributions to the study of reading, writing, and aphasia. Read the full announcement from SNL. 👏🏆

https://2026.neurolang.org/dca-recipient/

The Society for the Neurobiology of Language is pleased to announce the 2026 Distinguished Career Award recipient: Brenda Rapp

Dr. Leyla Isik and Dr. Stewart Mostofsky have received a Johns Hopkins Discovery Award co-sponsored by the OneNeuro Init...
08/05/2026

Dr. Leyla Isik and Dr. Stewart Mostofsky have received a Johns Hopkins Discovery Award co-sponsored by the OneNeuro Initiative for their project on “Investigating the Development of the Social Brain in Autism with fMRI Movie Viewing Paradigms.”

Dr. Leyla Isik is a recipient of a Johns Hopkins Discovery Award, recognized for her innovative, interdisciplinary research pushing the boundaries of cognitive science. Her work joins a dynamic cohort of awardees who are tackling complex challenges through collaboration and bold ideas. Dr. Leyla Isi...

Join us in congratulating John Hale for receiving an Association for Computational Linguistics 2026 Test-of-Time Paper A...
07/31/2026

Join us in congratulating John Hale for receiving an Association for Computational Linguistics 2026 Test-of-Time Paper Award for his 2001 work that continues to influence how scientists understand language processing and reading difficulty. 👏👏

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The Association for Computational Linguistics has recognized John Hale with its prestigious 2026 Test-of-Time Paper Award for his seminal 2001 paper, honoring research that has transformed how scientists understand language processing and reading difficulty. Published during his doctoral studies at....

📻In this podcast episode Dr. Margaret Renwick, a linguist at Johns Hopkins, discusses accents in America and the social ...
07/29/2026

📻In this podcast episode Dr. Margaret Renwick, a linguist at Johns Hopkins, discusses accents in America and the social forces that cause them to change from one generation to the next—joined by a special guest who explores how those sounds are learned and performed by actors.

▶️ Stream now on Connecticut Public’s The Colin McEnroe Show.

This hour, we explore the past, present, and future of regional accents–from Jimmy Carter to Colin McEnroe.

Postdoctoral fellow Zhenan Shao received a best poster award at JHU's 2026 Women in Data Science % AI Symposium! 🎉https:...
04/30/2026

Postdoctoral fellow Zhenan Shao received a best poster award at JHU's 2026 Women in Data Science % AI Symposium! 🎉

https://cogsci.jhu.edu/2026/04/22/celebrating-women-in-data-science-ai-zhenan-shao-earns-best-poster-award/

Zhenan Shao, a postdoctoral fellow in the Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab led by Dr. Leyla Isik, received a Best Poster Award at the 2026 Celebrating Women in Data Science and AI Symposium, an event dedicated to amplifying the research and voices of women in the rapidly evolving AI and data...

John Hale is named a Mercator Fellow on a German Research Foundation grant led by Lars Meyer at the Max Planck Institute...
04/15/2026

John Hale is named a Mercator Fellow on a German Research Foundation grant led by Lars Meyer at the Max Planck Institute. The international project investigates the neurobiology of language using magnetoencephalography and interpretable, LLM-inspired language technologies to help us better understand how the brain subserves human language. 🧠💬



Read More: https://cogsci.jhu.edu/2026/04/08/new-grant-for-investigating-the-neurobiology-of-language

John Hale, professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, has been named a Mercator Fellow on a three-year grant from the German Research Foundation investigating the neurobiology of language. The grant, titled “Understanding the Cross-linguistic Brain Basis of Sentence Processing thr...

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