Cognitive Science

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes. It examines the nature, the tasks, and the functions of cognition (in a broad sense). Cognitive scientists study intelligence and behavior, with a focus on how nervous systems represent, process, and transform information. Mental faculties of concern to cognitive scientists include language, perception, memory, attention, reasoning, and emotion; to understand these faculties, cognitive scientists borrow from fields such as linguistics, psychology, artificial intelligence, philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology. The typical analysis of cognitive science spans many levels of organization, from learning and decision to logic and planning; from neural circuitry to modular brain organization. The fundamental concept of cognitive science is that "thinking can best be understood in terms of representational structures in the mind and computational procedures that operate on those structures."

Simply put: Cognitive Science is the interdisciplinary study of cognition in humans, animals, and machines. It encompasses the traditional disciplines of psychology, computer science, neuroscience, linguistics and philosophy. The goal of cognitive science is to understand the principles of intelligence with the hope that this will lead to better comprehension of the mind and of learning and to develop intelligent devices. The cognitive sciences began as an intellectual movement in the 1950s often referred to as the cognitive revolution.

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Scholarships for Cognitive Science Majors

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AFA Teens for Alzheimer's Awareness College Scholarship

Alzheimer's Foundation of America

$5,000 April 01, 2024 See Details
 

AFA Teens for Alzheimer's Awareness College Scholarship

Alzheimer's Foundation of America

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$5,000

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April 01, 2024
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Coronat Scholars Program

Syracuse University

100% of tuition Varies See Details
 

Coronat Scholars Program

Syracuse University

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100% of tuition

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Holmes Plus Scholarship - Holmes Community College

Holmes Community College

100% of tuition April 30, 2024 See Details
 

Holmes Plus Scholarship - Holmes Community College

Holmes Community College

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100% of tuition

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April 30, 2024
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Mark and Diana Tipton Endowed Scholarship Fund

Tulane University

Varies June 30, 2024 See Details
 

Mark and Diana Tipton Endowed Scholarship Fund

Tulane University

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Varies

deadline

June 30, 2024
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