Meaning & use
cognitive science
The interdisciplinary study of the mind and how it processes information, drawing on psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and computer science.
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Cognitive science combines insights from psychology and computer science to model how people think.
She switched her major to cognitive science after a class on artificial intelligence and the brain.
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Distinct from psychology alone, cognitive science deliberately blends multiple disciplines to study memory, language, and perception.
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