Cognitive Science
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Mental models or methodological artefacts? Adults' 'naïve' responses to a test of children's conceptions of the earth.

29 Apr 2009 Vosniadou and Brewer (1992) claim that children's drawings and answers to questions show that they have naive, theory-like 'mental models' of the earth; for example, they believe it to be flat, or hollow with people inside. However, recent studies ... Read more...

An independent, empirical route to nonconceptual content.

31 Mar 2009 The overall goal of this paper is to offer an independent, empirical route to characterize the content on nonconceptual content. I pursue a recent move by Pylyshyn, a leading cognitive scientist and philosopher of mental representation, who focuses ... Read more...

Criminal law as it pertains to 'mentally incompetent defendants': a McNaughton rule in the light of cognitive neuroscience.

30 Mar 2009 The McNaughton rules for determining whether a person can be successfully defended on the grounds of mental incompetence were determined by a committee of the House of Lords in 1843. They arose as a consequence of the trial of Daniel McNaughton for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cognitive Science'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• ["Borderline" personality disorder] 29 Jun 2009
• Mental models or methodological artefacts? Adults' 'naïve' responses to a test of children's conceptions of the earth. 29 Apr 2009
• An independent, empirical route to nonconceptual content. 31 Mar 2009
• Criminal law as it pertains to 'mentally incompetent defendants': a McNaughton rule in the light of cognitive neuroscience. 30 Mar 2009
• Supporting the development of calculating skills in nurses. 30 Mar 2009
• A quantum probability explanation for violations of 'rational' decision theory. 23 Mar 2009
• A theory of health science and the healing arts based on the philosophy of Bernard Lonergan. 11 Mar 2009
• Cognitive simulators for medical education and training. 4 Mar 2009
• [We live our lives through change] 27 Feb 2009
• [Looking at the self under the microscope of cognitive neurosciences: from self-consciousness to consciousness of others] 27 Feb 2009
• The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part I: historical context, methods, and relevant basic science. 3 Feb 2009
• Précis of bayesian rationality: The probabilistic approach to human reasoning. 30 Jan 2009
• The Scandinavian Journal of Psychology is turning 50! 30 Jan 2009
• [Overeating and restrained eaters: an affective neuroscience perspective] 13 Jan 2009
• Can playing the computer game "Tetris" reduce the build-up of flashbacks for trauma? A proposal from cognitive science. 5 Jan 2009
• The choices, choosing model of quality of life: linkages to a science base. 30 Dec 2008
• Bringing the bedside to the bench, and then to the community: a prospectus for intervention research in late-life anxiety disorders. 30 Dec 2008
• CNTRICS final task selection: control of attention. 30 Dec 2008
• Cognitive and learning sciences in biomedical and health instructional design: A review with lessons for biomedical informatics education. 22 Dec 2008
• Kant's transcendental and empirical psychology of cognition. 29 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Cognitive Science'

Definition: The study of the precise nature of different mental tasks and the operations of the brain that enable them to be performed, engaging branches of psychology, computer science, philosophy, and linguistics. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D019336

Alternative terms: Cognitive Science; Cognitive Sciences; Science, Cognitive; Sciences, Cognitive;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.628.255;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: a branch of psychol; SPEC; SPEC qualif