Welcome to the Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience program at Texas Tech University We are a group of faculty, students and researchers who study a range of human behaviors and cognitive processes as well as their implementation in the brain. Broad topics covered by our collective include (but are not limited to): Category formation and neural representation within the contexts of basic, health and clinical research, Selective attention and its impact on vision, perception and decision-making, Language learning, Text processing, discourse analysis, Brain mechanisms of addictive behaviors, Understanding and optimizing brain functioning and behavior over the lifespan, Translational research on preventive intervention techniques related to behavioral problems and mental disorders over the lifespan, The psychology of art creation and appreciation, Human-animal interactions and the cognitive processing associated with pet-related information, Education-related metacognition and multimedia learning, both in the context of basic and applied research, Student study and learning behaviors.