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Saturday, July 04, 2009

[Looking at the self under the microscope of cognitive neurosciences: from self-consciousness to consciousness of others]

27 Feb 2009 Cognitive neurosciences are interested in the concept of self, resulting from two muddled aspects. This concept relates to both a set of personal complex and multidimensional mental representations about ourselves and the flow of self-consciousness ... Read more...

The rebirth of neuroscience in psychosomatic medicine, Part I: historical context, methods, and relevant basic science.

3 Feb 2009 Neuroscience was an integral part of psychosomatic medicine at its inception in the early 20th century. Since the mid-20th century, however, psychosomatic research has largely ignored the brain. The field of neuroscience has burgeoned in recent ... Read more...

Précis of bayesian rationality: The probabilistic approach to human reasoning.

30 Jan 2009 According to Aristotle, humans are the rational animal. The borderline between rationality and irrationality is fundamental to many aspects of human life including the law, mental health, and language interpretation. But what is it to be rational? ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Cognitive Science'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [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
• Can playing the computer game "Tetris" reduce the build-up of flashbacks for trauma? A proposal from cognitive science. 5 Jan 2009
• CNTRICS final task selection: control of attention. 30 Dec 2008
• Selecting paradigms from cognitive neuroscience for translation into use in clinical trials: proceedings of the third CNTRICS meeting. 18 Nov 2008
• CNTRICS final task selection: social cognitive and affective neuroscience-based measures. 12 Nov 2008
• Experimental pragmatics: a Gricean turn in the study of language. 30 Oct 2008
• Response inhibition in the stop-signal paradigm. 30 Oct 2008
• Benefits of multisensory learning. 30 Oct 2008
• Cognitive informatics: an essential component of nursing technology design. 30 Oct 2008
• Award for distinguished scientific early career contributions to psychology: Joshua B. Tenenbaum. 30 Oct 2008
• Understanding depression in palliative and end-of-life care. 30 Oct 2008
• Cognitive neuroscience: searching for the bottleneck in the brain. 26 Oct 2008
• Being human: Religion: bound to believe? 21 Oct 2008
• A brain for numbers. 29 Sep 2008
• Integrating perception and action through cognitive neuropsychology (broadly conceived). 29 Sep 2008
• Effects of temporal integration on the shape of visual backward masking functions. 29 Sep 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