纽约大学的语言与心理专业是一种跨学科的方法，可以通过学习语言来理解人的思想。作为认知科学的核心，这项努力已成为卓越的研究前沿，在人文，社会科学和硬科学之间建立了联系。纽约大学的语言与思维学习计划具有很强的综合性，反映了该领域的跨学科特色，它从语言学，心理学和哲学三个部门汲取了课程。人类语言是“语言与思想”学习计划的中心，但专业比语言学更广泛，该计划还结合了心理学实验技术和哲学探究。目的是为学生提供探索语言和人类思维新观点的必要背景。从语言学，心理学和哲学的跨学科交叉中选择十门必修课。除了该专业的定义课程（
The College's Language and Mind major is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the human mind through the study of language. At the core of Cognitive Science, this endeavor has emerged as a preeminent research frontier, forging links across the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Reflecting the interdisciplinary character of this frontier, the Language and Mind program is strongly integrative, drawing courses from three departments: Linguistics, Psychology, and Philosophy. Human language is at the center of the Language and Mind program of study, but the major is broader than Linguistics; the program also incorporates psychological experimentation techniques and philosophical inquiry. The aim is to give students the necessary background for exploration of new perspectives for both language and the human mind.