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Cognitive Scientist

Cognitive Scientists are professional scientists who study the human mind and cognitive functions including intelligence, memory, reasoning, decision-making, learning and development, language, emotional responses, and consciousness. They advance the field of knowledge in these areas and work with medical practitioners and psychologists to develop treatments for brain injuries and cognitive disorders like dyslexia and schizophrenia.

As a Cognitive Scientist you could be recording participant reaction times in a study of cognitive processes, using advanced brain imaging to evaluate brain activity while a stroke patient is moving their right arm, developing a computational model to simulate neural pathways in children with dyslexia, evaluating the data from three key behavioural experiments, writing an academic paper from your latest research findings, or attending an international conference for cognitive neuroscientists.

To succeed in this occupation you will need to be an innovative and critical thinker with the ability to clearly document and explain your research and findings.

Future demand Medium
Average yearly income $105,040
Skill level Unknown

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