Cognitive psychology encompasses most topics in human experimental psychology. Faculty research interests in this area include sensory processes, perception, information processing, memory, attention, judgment, thinking, problem solving and human factors. Faculty specializing in mathematical psychology, behavioral neuroscience and animal learning also participate in the cognitive graduate program.<br><br>Human factors is an interdisciplinary research area jointly operated by the Department of Psychological Sciences cognitive psychology program and the School of Industrial Engineering. It focuses on the systematic application of human sensory, perceptual, mental, psychomotor and other characteristics to the design of the many human-made facilities.