cognitive science

American  

noun

1. the study of the precise nature of different mental tasks and the operations of the brain that enable them to be performed, engaging branches of psychology, computer science, philosophy, and linguistics.

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cognitive science British  

noun

1. the scientific study of cognition, including elements of the traditional disciplines of philosophy, psychology, semantics, and linguistics, together with artificial intelligence and computer science

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cognitive science

It also draws on the cognitive science tradition to identify a plausible list of indicators of consciousness based on the structure of information processing.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

Berke has a Ph.D. in computational cognitive science from Yale, and she says trying to get effective treatment was more onerous than the six years of getting her degree.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

Christian Cazares, a postdoctoral cognitive science scholar at UC San Diego who researches autism, also receives NIH funding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025

Lawyers won’t often admit a preference for plain language, says the study’s lead author Eric Martínez, a licensed attorney and doctoral student studying cognitive science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 10, 2023

It is also a useful introduction to the history of knowledge, aesthetics, and most likely cognitive science.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai