His teaching at the University of Michigan has been recognized by numerous awards, and he was named to The Princeton Review's list of the Best 300 Professors in the United States. Professor Polk regularly teaches on topics ranging from the human mind and brain, to cognitive psychology, to computational modeling of cognition. Professor Polk regularly collaborates with scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, where he is a frequent visiting scientist.
Thurnau Professor of Psychology University of Michigan. Some of his major projects have investigated differences in the brains of smokers who quit compared with those who do not, changes in the brain as we age, and contributions of nature versus nurture to neural organization. Lessons Any Youth Coach, of Any Sport, Can Teach His or Her PlayersJerry Coe. otherwise), without the prior written permission of The Teaching Company. Professor Polk's research combines functional imaging of the human brain with computational modeling and behavioral methods to investigate the neural architecture underlying cognition. He also received postdoctoral training in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania.
in Computer Science and Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. in Mathematics from the University of Virginia and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. Thurnau Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan.
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