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cognitive science

interdisciplinary scientific study of the mind and its processes
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Summary

cognitive science is a field of study[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of field of study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,844 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: psychology[3], philosophy of mind[4], linguistics[5], anthropology[6], neuroscience[7]
  • Commons category: Cognitive science[8]
  • Has part(s): artificial intelligence[9], epistemology[10], cognitive psychology[11], neurophysiology[12], cognitive linguistics[13], nonverbal communication[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cognitive science[15]
  • Is the study of: thought[16], cognition[17], mental image[18]
  • Practiced by: cognitive scientist[19]
  • P14541: 2rNuEK[20]

Why It Matters

cognitive science has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Ann Eisenberg anthropology artificial intelligence behavioral sciences Christopher Summerfield cognition cognitive behavioral therapy Dan Hunter Daniela Bailer-Jones Daniel Dennett Daniel Kayser Deb Roy Derek Leben Diana Maynard Diogo Cortiz Douglas Hofstadter Edward de Bono Eris Chinellato Filippo Menczer Friedrich Hayek Fundus Heritage Ventures Gary Marcus Gary McGraw George Armitage Miller Gerald Jay Sussman Giles Oatley Giovanni Pascuzzi Giuseppe Lugano György Kampis Henry Brighton

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 2625
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'anp', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el',
    Sitelink count → 80
    Harper's tag → cognitive-science
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 2625, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7327934|cognitive science (#7327934)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2rNuEK
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002181-kognitivni-veda
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002181-kognitivni-veda, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → cognitive scientist
    Is the study of → thought, cognition, mental image
    Instance of → field of study
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 16969, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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