• Neural mechanisms of multisensory object recognition
• Neural mechanisms of social cognition
• Neural mechanisms of goal-directed behavior
• Neurocognitive mechanisms of psychopathology
• Neural architectures supporting language comprehension and problem-solving
• Computational modeling of functional integration and binding in the cortex
• Adult neural plasticity in cortical and subcortical structures
• Brain-behavior relationships for the interaction of perception and action
• Neural correlates of learning in preschool children
• Neural substrates of multisensory speech
• Development of perception, action, and representation
• Neural mechanisms of stereotyping and prejudice
• Neural and behavioral mechanisms of atypical social functioning

Area spokesperson: Thomas James

Area faculty: Joshua Brown(P), James Craig(P), Peter Finn, Preston Garraghty, William Hetrick, Karin James, Dan Kennedy, Anne Krendl, Sharlene Newman(P), Robert Nosofsky, Brian O'Donnell, David Pisoni, Aina Puce(P), Olaf Sporns(P)