cognitive science

English

Etymology

Coined by British chemist and cognitive scientist H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins in his commentary on the Lighthill report (1973).

Noun

cognitive science (plural cognitive sciences)

1. The multidisciplinary study of mind and behavior.

   Synonym: cognitology

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.

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