Cognitive Science - Research News and Information

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Wild agency: nested intentionalities in cognitive neuroscience and archaeology.

12 Jun 2008 The present paper addresses the tensions between internalist and radical-interactionist approaches to cognitive neuroscience, and the conflicting conclusions these positions lead to as regards the issue of whether... Read more...

Generating controlled image sets in cognitive neuroscience research.

Jun 2008 The investigation of perceptual and cognitive functions with non-invasive brain imaging methods critically depends on the careful selection of stimuli for use in experiments. For example, it must be verified that any... Read more...

Applying an expanded set of cognitive design principles to formatting the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) longitudinal survey.

Apr 2008 BACKGROUND: The National Kidney Foundation Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) is a free community-based health-screening program targeting populations at greatest risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), those with... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Cognitive Science'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Most intact human nervous systems know whether they are vertical or tilted, to around 4 degrees of accuracy between the perceived and real displacement. Sep 2008
• Do as I say, not as I do. 23 Jun 2008
• Wild agency: nested intentionalities in cognitive neuroscience and archaeology. 12 Jun 2008
• Generating controlled image sets in cognitive neuroscience research. Jun 2008
• Preface to the special issue: computational cognitive neuroscience. 2 Apr 2008
• Applying an expanded set of cognitive design principles to formatting the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) longitudinal survey. Apr 2008
• Focus on decision making. Apr 2008
• Distributed cognition: an alternative model of cognition for medical informatics. Apr 2008
• What the resident meant to say: use of cognitive interviewing techniques to develop questionnaires for nursing home residents. Apr 2008
• Numbers guy: are our brains wired for math? 3 Mar 2008
• Keeping the "cognitive" in cognitive neuroscience, the "affective" in affective neuroscience, and the "behavioral" in behavioral neuroscience: the CABN mission for the next five years. Mar 2008
• Maze Suite 1.0: a complete set of tools to prepare, present, and analyze navigational and spatial cognitive neuroscience experiments. Feb 2008
• Thinking outside the box: a tribute to the contributions of Ronald G. Weisman. Feb 2008
• Advice to young behavioral and cognitive scientists. Feb 2008
• The neuroethics of the social world of work. 2008
• Brain imaging and the Bill of Rights: memory detection technologies and American criminal justice. 2008
• To wink or to blink: technical limits or phenomenological difficulties. 2008
• The forensic application of "brain fingerprinting:" why scientists should encourage the use of P300 memory detection methods. 2008
• Equality and right to development as neuroethical concerns: assuring defendants' rights. 2008
• Not devoid of forensic potential, but... 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