Cognitive science is the study of how intelligent beings (including people, animals, and machines) perceive, act, know, and think. It explores the process and content of thought as observed in individuals, distributed through communities, manifested in the structure and meaning of language, modeled by algorithms, and contemplated by philosophies of mind. Its models are formulated using concepts drawn from many disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, logic, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy, and they are tested using evidence from psychological experiments, clinical studies, field studies, computer simulations, and neurophysiological observation. |
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The Cognitive Science Program
includes both a major and minor in cognitive science. For more
information, go to Academics.
The Cognitive Science Colloquium Series hosts several talks
every semester and provides a lively forum for interdisciplinary
discussion. For more information, see Schedule.
40+ faculty at the University of Connecticut conduct research
in cognitive science. For more information about their work,
see Faculty.
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