I am an Assistant Professor at Amherst College in the Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, and a Research Scientist in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.

Before starting my current position, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT working with Nancy Kanwisher. I did my PhD at Harvard University with Ken Nakayama and George Alvarez. Before that, I did my undergrad at Tufts University working with Daniel Dennett.

My research focuses on understanding the limits of cognition. Specifically, how does the functional organization of the brain determine what we can consciously perceive and hold in memory? I examine these questions using  functional neuroimaging (fMRI), psychophysics, and computational modeling.
 
You can see my Google Scholar Profile here.

I'M HIRING!!!: I'm looking to hire an NSF-funded postdoc for 2-3 years with Michael Pitts (Reed College). Interested? Know anyone interested? See HERE for more information.

Amherst College 
Department of Psychology
D208 Science Center
25 East Science Drive
​Amherst, MA 01002​
michaelthecohen@gmail.com