cognitive science

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

Noun

 * 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

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 認知科學
 * Czech: kognitivní věda
 * Danish: kognitionsvidenskab
 * Dutch: cognitiewetenschap
 * Estonian: tunnetusteadus
 * Finnish:
 * French: sciences cognitives
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, megismeréstudomány, kognitológia
 * Korean: 인지과학(認知科學)
 * Polish: kognitywistyka
 * Portuguese: ciência cognitiva
 * Punjabi: ਬੋਧ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ciencia cognitiva
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: когніти́вна нау́ка, когнітиві́стика
 * Welsh: gwyddoniaeth wybyddol