cognitive science

English

Etymology

The term cognitive science was coined by Christopher Longuet-Higgins in his 1973 commentary on the Lighthill report.

Noun

cognitive science (plural cognitive sciences)

1. The multidisciplinary study of mind and behavior.

Usage notes

Cognitive science differs from cognitive psychology in that algorithms that are intended to simulate human behavior are implemented or implementable on a computer.

Synonyms

• cognitology

Translations

multidisciplinary study of mind and behavior

• Catalan: ciència cognitiva (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 認知科學／认知科学 (rènzhī kēxué)

• Czech: kognitivní věda f
• Danish: kognitionsvidenskab c
• Dutch: cognitiewetenschap f
• Estonian: tunnetusteadus
• Finnish: kognitiotiede (fi)
• French: sciences cognitives f pl
• German: Kognitionswissenschaft (de) f
• Hungarian: kognitív tudomány (hu), megismeréstudomány, kognitológia
• Korean: 인지과학(認知科學) (injigwahak)
• Polish: kognitywistyka f
• Portuguese: ciência cognitiva f
• Punjabi: ਬੋਧ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ m (bodh vigiāna)
• Russian: когнити́вная нау́ка (ru) f (kognitívnaja naúka), когнитиви́стика (ru) f (kognitivístika)
• Spanish: ciencia cognitiva f
• Swedish: kognitionsvetenskap (sv) c
• Turkish: bilişsel bilim (tr)
• Ukrainian: когніти́вна нау́ка f (kohnitývna naúka), когнітиві́стика f (kohnityvístyka)
• Welsh: gwyddoniaeth wybyddol f

See also

• cognitive psychology