cognitive science

noun

: an interdisciplinary science that draws on many fields (such as psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy) in developing theories about human perception, thinking, and learning

cognitive scientist noun

Examples of cognitive science in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kaiping Peng, principal investigator of the report and a professor in the department of psychological and cognitive sciences at Tsinghua University, said understanding and enhancing the well-being of the Chinese people is one of the most vital subjects today. —Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025

Her career has spanned philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive science. —Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025

Input from psychology or cognitive science majors can help in designing approaches that adapt human learning and reasoning styles. —Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

Brown’s institute aims to develop a safer AI system with analogous capabilities based more on cognitive science and neuroscience compared to the existing LLMs that generate text responses based on prior words or user inputs. —Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 30 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cognitive science

• appliance
• compliance
• defiance
• reliance
• geoscience
• neuroscience
• noncompliance
• pseudoscience

Medical Definition

cognitive science

noun

: an interdisciplinary science that draws on many fields (as psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy) in developing theories about human perception, thinking, and learning

cognitive scientist noun