Cognitive science

Cognitive Science is the scientific study of the mind and brain and how they give rise to behavior. The field is highly interdisciplinary and is closely related to several other areas, including psychology (especially cognitive psychology), artificial intelligence, linguistics and psycholinguistics, philosophy (especially philosophy of mind), neuroscience, logic, robotics, anthropology and biology (including biomechanics).

Notable researchers in cognitive science and related fields

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PsychologyPhilosophyNeuroscience

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LinguisticsComputer Science

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• Robert Goldstone
• George A. Miller
• Linda B. Smith
• Anne Treisman

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• David Chalmers
• Andy Clark
• Daniel Dennett
• Douglas Hofstadter
• Roger Penrose
• John Searle
• Tim van Gelder

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• Gerald Edelman
• Andrew and Alexander Fingelkurts
• Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
• Olaf Sporns

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• Noam Chomsky
• Jerry Fodor
• George Lakoff
• Steven Pinker

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• Marvin Minsky
• Roger Schank
• Herbert Simon
• Alan Turing

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Unknown/Other

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• Margaret ('Maggie') Boden
• Kenneth Craik
• Antonio Damasio
• John Eccles
• Leon Festinger
• Friedrich Hayek
• Edwin Hutchins
• Daniel Kahneman
• David Kirsh
• Colin McGinn
• Rafael E. Núñez
• Seymour Papert
• Karl Popper
• Jonathan Potter
• Karl Pribram
• Eleanor Rosch
• Paul Thagard

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