Here is a great first-hand account how a student applied principles of cognitive neuroscience while playing the popular television game show — Who wants to be a millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Cognitive Neuroscientist Millionaire?
Researchers in my department, Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS), seek to understand the brain’s mechanisms, including three cognitive systems that happen to be essential for a profitable performance on Millionaire: learning, memory, and decision-making. This summer—the start of my final year in the CNS Ph.D. program—I decided to apply my graduate skills to a decidedly practical purpose and auditioned for a turn in the show’s perilous hot seat.