Brain, Mind & Learning - Carnegie Mellon University

Brain, Mind & Learning at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon University has been a leader in the areas of brain science, psychology, and learning research for many decades.

With the launch of the university’s new brain, mind & learning initiative, CMU now plans to become an even bigger player in these fields, while distinguishing ourselves from other brain research programs.

How? Two ways, really.

  • First, CMU has a top-ranked computer science school, and our brain researchers are taking full advantage of it. Like CMU faculty in other disciplines, brain, mind and learning researchers have a track record of leveraging the university’s world-class strengths in computation (e.g., artificial intelligence and automated learning) to answer scientific questions that are too complex for humans to figure out by themselves.
  • Second, CMU faculty have consistently demonstrated a willingness to break down disciplinary barriers, reaching across departments and centers to work together to solve real-world problems.

Learn more about how our researchers are solving real-world problems in this area »

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Genetics and Autism
April 6, Pittsburgh — Published in "Nature," a series of studies by researchers, including Carnegie Mellon University's Kathryn Roeder and the University of Pittsburgh's Bernie Devlin, suggests that autism spectrum disorders are caused by variations in multiple unrelated locations within the genome. These findings provide a basis for future gene discovery, diagnostics and therapeutics..

Unlocking Autism's Mysteries
March 8, Pittsburgh — New research from Carnegie Mellon University's Marcel Just, recently published in the journal "Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews," provides an explanation for some of autism's mysteries — from social and communication disorders to restricted interests — and gives scientists clear targets for developing intervention and treatment therapies.

Illusion of Courage
January 25, Pittsburgh — We plan to take risks, then we "chicken out." In a new paper in the "Journal of Behavioral Decision Making," Carnegie Mellon University and University of Colorado Boulder scientists argue that this "illusion of courage" is one example of an "empathy gap" — our inability to imagine how we will behave in future emotional situations.

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