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

Julia Soares, an assistant professor of cognitive science at Mississippi State University, said this tendency aligns with the decades-old social science concept of the cognitive miser. —Celia Ford, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025

Shaping Twitch in the Creator Economy After earning a bachelor’s degree in cognitive science from the University of California San Diego, with a specialization in design and interaction, Adam started his career as a product designer at companies like Tesla and Meta before moving to Twitch in 2022. —William Jones, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025

For my detailed coverage on the intertwining role of AI and cognitive science, see the link here. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

Stuart Russell is distinguished professor of computer science, University of California, Berkeley, and Smith-Zadeh professor in engineering; professor of cognitive science; professor of computational precision health, UCSF; and honorary fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 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