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Career Resources – Cognitive Science
Career Exploration
Graduates from Cognitive Science work in various areas (not exhaustive):
 Linguistic analysis
 Intelligence analyst
 Medical analysis
 Artificial intelligence
 Neurological testing
 Computer-human interaction
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Scientific research assistance
Clinical research specialist
Human factors engineering
For more info: What is Cognitive Science? (ICOGSCI) http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/icogsci/what.shtml
Selected Books
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Careers in Psychology: Opportunities in a Changing World
Career Opportunities in Computers and Cyberspace
Career Opportunities in Science
Job Search Websites
Association Job Boards
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Association for Psychological Science http://aps.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/employment
Cognitive Science Society http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/employment_overview.html
American Psychological Association http://www.psyccareers.com/jobs/
Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science https://www.csbbcs.org/jobs
The Psychonomic Society – Jobs http://www.psychonomic.org/jobs
For on-campus research opportunities http://www.mcgill.ca/caps/sci-prof
Job Search Websites
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New Scientist Job http://jobs.newscientist.com/
Research Gate http://www.researchgate.net/jobs/
Science Careers http://jobs.sciencecareers.org/
Science Jobs http://www.sciencejobs.org/
The Linguist List http://linguistlist.org/jobs/
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Nature Jobs http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/
Career Builder http://www.careerbuilder.com/
Indeed http://www.indeed.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/studentjobs
Monster http://www.monster.ca/
Selected Associations
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Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence http://www.aaai.org/
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness http://www.theassc.org/
Cognitive Development Society http://www.cogdevsoc.org/
Cognitive Neuroscience Society http://www.cogneurosociety.org/
Consortium of Canadian Centres for Clinical Cognitive Research http://www.c5r.ca/
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society http://cis.ieee.org/
International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology http://www.ia-cep.org/
International Brain Research Organization http://ibro.info/
International Cognitive Linguistics Association http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org/
International Union of Psychological Science http://www.iupsys.net/
Special Group on Artificial Intelligence http://www.bcs-sgai.org/
Society for Philosophy and Psychology http://www.socphilpsych.org/
For more associations: http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/resource_organizations.html
This handout is available at: What can I do with my studies? (http://www.mcgill.ca/caps/discipline)->Cognitive Science
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2015-03