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
Bridge the Gap ScholarshipThe Quell Foundation |
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award Up to $10,000 |
deadline March 14, 2023 |
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AFA Teens for Alzheimer's Awareness College ScholarshipAlzheimer's Foundation of America |
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award $5,000 |
deadline April 01, 2023 |
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Melanie Foundation ScholarshipThe Melanie Foundation |
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award $2,500 |
deadline March 05, 2023 |
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Sven Peterson Memorial Scholarship - UCSDUniversity of California, San Diego |
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award $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Pilot International Foundation ScholarshipPilot International Foundation |
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award Up to $1,500 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Bob King Co-Pilot ScholarshipPilot International Foundation |
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award Up to $1,000 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Becky Burrows ScholarshipPilot International Foundation |
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award Up to $1,000 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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NSHSS STEAM ScholarshipNational Society of High School Scholars |
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award $1,000 |
deadline March 30, 2023 |
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1st Art Gallery Art and Design Scholarship1st Art Gallery |
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award $1,000 |
deadline June 01, 2023 |
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NSHSS Foundation STEM ScholarshipNational Society of High School Scholars |
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award $1,000 |
deadline October 13, 2023 |
Cognitive Science Related Majors
- Biological and Physical Sciences
- International/Globalization Studies
- Human Biology
- Nutrition Sciences
- Mathematics and Computer Science
- Accounting and Computer Science
- Behavioral Sciences
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Marine Sciences
- Computational Science
- Biopsychology
- Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
- Science, Technology and Society
- Natural Sciences
- Museology/Museum Studies
- Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
- Historic Preservation and Conservation
- Sustainability Studies
- Classical and Ancient Studies
- Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology