Department of Cognitive Sciences

Mission

The Cognitive Sciences Department aims to provide the highest standard of education, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, by challenging students to investigate the human mind and human language from many different perspectives, using many different scientific and conceptual tools, whilst always encouraging them to ask big, foundational questions and to exercise their skills in critical and ethical thinking.

The department is home to many active flourishing research programs, funded from both external grants and internal sources. Through our teaching and research we ultimately aim to equip students to make valuable contributions to organizations and communities throughout the U.A.E. – hence we are committed to offering internship opportunities for students in a wide range of different institutions and companies.

Facilities

The department of Cognitive Sciences is blessed with a number of state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities.

The Interdisciplinary Cognitive Sciences Laboratory is equipped with a portable dynamic EEG system with 32 active electrodes, a programmable humanoid robot (NAO), programmable LEGO Mindstorm construction sets, interactive multi-media and gaming devices and smart-board facilities. There are also Windows and Mac enabled computers equipped with software for EEG signal acquisition and analysis, statistical analysis, experimental design and stimulus-presentation. There are both digital and physical bibliographical resources dedicated to theoretical and applied cognitive sciences.

For the study of linguistics, the Neuro-linguistics Laboratory is equipped with an EEG machine. There is also an eye-tracking laboratory, a psycholinguistics laboratory and a phonetics laboratory.

The Behavioural Neuroscience Laboratory features such facilities as: ELISA Reader (enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay), Berma Snow Flaker (for keeping biological samples at low temperatures), WiSD Autoclave machine, CO2 microbial incubator, Fluorescent Microscope, and many more.

Academic Programs

 

Faculty

Note: If calling from outside the UAEU organization, dial (+971 3 713) before the extension.

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Maryam AlJassmi	Assistant Professor, Chair	maryam.aljassmi@uaeu.ac.ae	6410
Dr. Hamzeh Dodeen	Professor	hdodeen@uaeu.ac.ae	6478
Dr. Sami Boudelaa	Professor	s.boudelaa@uaeu.ac.ae	6178
Dr. Abduljaleel Al Wali	Professor	abdeljelil.kazem@uaeu.ac.ae	5067
Dr. Tommi Leung	Professor	leung@uaeu.ac.ae	4073
Dr. Martin Endley	Associate Professor	martinjendley@uaeu.ac.ae	4071
Dr. Sara Al Aleeli	Associate Professor	salalili@uaeu.ac.ae	6213
Dr. Fatma Zohra Sai	Associate Professor	f.zohra@uaeu.ac.ae	6474
Dr. Yahya Nassar	Associate Professor	yanassar1007@uaeu.ac.ae	6455
Dr. Abdullah Saif	Associate Professor	aabdullah@uaeu.ac.ae	6487
Dr. Simon Langford	Associate Professor	simon.langford@uaeu.ac.ae	5044
Dr. Ian Grey	Associate Professor	Ian.grey@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Brettjet Cody	Associate Professor	brettjet.cody@uaeu.ac.ae	6470
Dr. Gunjan Khera	Assistant Professor	gunjan_khera@uaeu.ac.ae	5085
Dr. Marina Marren	Assistant Professor	mmarren@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Mariana Coutinho	Assistant Professor	mariana.coutinho@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Arthur Schipper	Assistant Professor	arthur.schipper@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Vladimir Krstic	Assistant Professor	krstic.v@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mr. Abdel Hameed Darweish	Instructor	abdelhameed.mohd@uaeu.ac.ae	6484
Dr. Taregh Shaban	Instructor	taregh.shaban@uaeu.ac.ae	5065
Ms. Mervat Ijha	Instructor	m.ijha@uaeu.ac.ae	6413
Dr. Natalia Pavlou	Instructor	natalia.pavlou@uaeu.ac.ae	-

General Enquiries

Thank you for your interest in the Cognitive Science Department. We welcome your query and encourage you to contact us using the information below:

College of Humanities and Social Sciences,
United Arab Emirates University,
P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE 

Phone: +971 3 713 6470
Email: psychology@uaeu.ac.ae
Email: Linguistics@uaeu.ac.ae