Jonathan D. Cohen

Cohen, whose specialty is cognitive neuroscience, joined the psychology faculty in 1998. His research focuses on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognitive control, and their disturbance in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression, using behavioral and brain imaging methods together with computational modeling. He was named director of the Center for the Study of Brain, Mind and Behavior when it was created in 2000 and was responsible for acquiring the center’s fMRI scanner. He also has directed the certificate program in neuroscience since it was established in 2001.