Definition
“Cognitive science” is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the mental architecture of the mind and how it processes information, specifically how the brain functions with respect to emotion, attention and consciousness, language, perception, learning and memory, and executive functioning.
Introduction
The theoretical roots of cognitive science can be traced back to over 2,000 years ago. However, cognitive science as a formal discipline was established in the 1970s. Several “precursors” catalyzed the field of cognitive science being recognized as a legitimate field of study, namely, criticism toward behaviorism, computational and algorithmic mathematics, linguistic analysis, and models of information processing. Behaviorism contributed to our understanding of problem-solving (Tolman and Honzik 1930), learning (Tolman et al. 1946...
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Ream, D., Tourgeman, I. (2020). Cognitive Science. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_477-1
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