<div dir="ltr"><div>Could the following advertisement for our graduate program be circulated please? Apologies to those getting multiple copies. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Along with many of my colleagues, I plan to review graduate applications this year. I am particularly interested in applicants interested in projects related to working memory. </div><div><br></div><div>Despite the name of our program, we are interested in both students who want to pursue cognitive psychology using behavioral methods and students interested in neuroscience approaches.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau</div><div>University of Houston<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">--------------------</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-2667461c-7fff-7186-e8b6-878f54671d70"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The University of Houston's Department of Psychology is accepting Ph.D. applications for the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Integrative Program in Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience (DCBN).</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Applications for the 2024-25 academic term are due </span><a href="https://www.uh.edu/class/psychology/dcbn/admissions/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">December 15th, 2023</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The DCBN program boasts </span><a href="https://www.uh.edu/class/psychology/dcbn/Faculty/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">11 faculty members</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, fostering a diverse and interactive academic environment. R</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">esearch interests cover the lifespan and employ human</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> animal, and computational approaches. Most students specialize in 1-2 of the following areas: Development, Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, or Behavioral Neuroscience, though all students are exposed to scholarship across all these areas. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Faculty also overlap with the </span><a href="https://www2.times.uh.edu/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">as well as the newly established </span><a href="https://www.uh.edu/uh-research/tcld/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New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it holds designations as both a Hispanic Serving Institution and an Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The City - a truly global city</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Houston, Texas is the fourth largest city in the United States and is renowned for its economic affordability. The city boasts a vibrant and thriving cultural scene, with events, museums, and restaurants that reflect its rich tapestry of diverse traditions and communities.</span></p>

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