Mathematical Psychology
Within the Cognitive Psychology area at Indiana University, a central theme of many (but not all) of the faculty members involves mathematical-psychology approaches. Mathematical psychology encourages and develops the use of mathematical and computational modeling in psychology, cognition, and cognitive science. Formal mathematical and computer-simulation models are developed to express theories of mental processes and behavior. Such models are tested using data from laboratory experiments, data from web-based experiments, or data sets (often very large) from real-world sources.