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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Example Sentences

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

Andrews was a coauthor of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, a declaration signed last April by a long list of animal consciousness, philosophy, neuroscience and cognitive science luminaries at New York University.

From Salon • May 13, 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

They hoped their research would document the challenges of performing field-based cognitive science while simultaneously proposing a framework for future studies.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

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