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Department of Cognitive Science

Welcome to the Department of Cognitive Science

The Department of Cognitive Science is a research department which carries out research and PhD supervision across a wide range of domains of cognitive science, including memory, language, belief formation, perception in action, and reading. The Department hosts the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, which brings together researchers from the Departments of Cognitive Science, Psychology and Linguistics at Macquarie University and thirteen other national and international institutions.

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Stanislas Dehaene Public Lecture

How the Brain Learns to Read - Presented by Professor Stanislas Dehaene - 15 December 2011.
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MQ Sustainability Representative

Lesley McKnight is our Sustainability Network Representative. This network promotes sustainability within departments, allowing for sharing of best practice and ideas in order to meet the vision, objectives and targets set for the University.
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MACCS appoints new Deputy Director

Professor John Sutton has been appointed as our new Deputy Director.
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NSW Young Tall Poppy Award

Dr Anina Rich has been awarded a NSW Young Tall Poppy Award by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science.
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Anne Castles elected as Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Professor Anne Castles has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA).
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Successful ARC Centre of Excellence bid

Professors Stephen Crain, Anne Castles and Max Coltheart, along with Professor John Hodges of UNSW and Professor Gillian Rhodes of UWA, have been successful in their bid for an ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders.

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Face first: New study finds face recognition ability is in our genes

Researchers have discovered that the ability or inability to recognise faces is not a learned skill or the product of a person's environment as previously thought - it's actually in their genes.