ABSTRACT

A translation of the renowned French reference book, Vocabulaire de sciences cognitives , the Dictionary of Cognitive Science presents comprehensive definitions in more than 120 subjects. Topics range from 'Abduction' to 'Writing', and each entry is covered from as many perspectives as possible within the domains of psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics. The editor and his advisory board, each a specialist in one of these areas, have brought together 60 internationally recognized scholars to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the most current and dynamic thinking in the cognitive sciences.

chapter |9 pages

ACTION

chapter |4 pages

ACTIVATION/INHIBITION

chapter |4 pages

AGING

chapter |4 pages

ANIMAL COGNITION

chapter |3 pages

ARTIFICIAL LIFE

chapter |3 pages

ASPECT

chapter |4 pages

ATTENTION

chapter |2 pages

AUTISM

chapter |8 pages

AUTOMATISM

chapter |4 pages

CATEGORIZATION

chapter |4 pages

CAUSALITY AND MENTAL CAUSATION

chapter |7 pages

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

chapter |4 pages

COGNITIVE PSYCHIATRY

chapter |1 pages

COGNITIVISM

chapter |6 pages

COMMUNICATION

chapter |3 pages

COMPETENCE/PERFORMANCE

chapter |2 pages

COMPLEXITY

chapter |2 pages

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS

chapter |2 pages

CONCEPT

chapter |6 pages

CONNECTIONISM

chapter |5 pages

CONSCIOUSNESS

chapter |2 pages

CONSTRAINT

chapter |2 pages

CONSTRUCTIVISM

chapter |5 pages

CONTEXT AND SITUATION

chapter |4 pages

CONTROL

chapter |1 pages

COUNTERFACTUAL

chapter |5 pages

CREATIVITY

chapter |3 pages

DIFFERENTIATION

chapter |4 pages

DISCOURSE

chapter |3 pages

DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE

chapter |3 pages

DOMAIN SPECIFICITY

chapter |2 pages

DUALISM/MONISM

chapter |7 pages

DYNAMIC SYSTEM

chapter |7 pages

EMOTION

chapter |2 pages

EPIPHENOMENALISM

chapter |1 pages

EPISTEMIC

chapter |1 pages

EPISTEMOLOGY

chapter |1 pages

EXPERIENCE

chapter |2 pages

EXPLANATION

chapter |6 pages

EXPRESSIVENESS

chapter |2 pages

FRAME PROBLEM

chapter |6 pages

FUNCTION

chapter |5 pages

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING

chapter |4 pages

FUNCTIONALISM

chapter |4 pages

FUZZY

chapter |6 pages

GRAMMAR

chapter |2 pages

IDENTITY

chapter |2 pages

INDIVIDUALISM

chapter |4 pages

INFANT COGNITION

chapter |4 pages

INFORMATION

chapter |2 pages

INHERITANCE

chapter |2 pages

INTENTIONALITY

chapter |3 pages

INTERACTION

chapter |4 pages

INTERPRETATION

chapter |4 pages

INTROSPECTION

chapter |2 pages

KNOWLEDGE BASE

chapter |13 pages

LANGUAGE

chapter |2 pages

LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT

chapter |7 pages

LEARNING

chapter |3 pages

LEXICON

chapter |2 pages

LOCALIZATION OF FUNCTION

chapter |6 pages

LOGIC

chapter |7 pages

LOGICISM/PSYCHOLOGISM

chapter |5 pages

MEMORY

chapter |6 pages

MENTAL IMAGERY

chapter |4 pages

METACOGNITION

chapter |2 pages

MIND

chapter |4 pages

MODALITY

chapter |4 pages

MODEL

chapter |3 pages

MODULARITY

chapter |6 pages

MORPHOLOGY

chapter |3 pages

NEURAL DARWINISM

chapter |2 pages

NEURAL NETWORK

chapter |3 pages

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

chapter |1 pages

NORMATIVITY

chapter |12 pages

NUMBER

chapter |7 pages

ORAL

chapter |7 pages

PERCEPTION

chapter |1 pages

PHENOMENALISM

chapter |2 pages

PHYSICALISM

chapter |5 pages

PRAGMATICS

chapter |3 pages

PROBLEM SOLVING

chapter |1 pages

PROPOSITIONS ATTITUDE

chapter |2 pages

PROPOSITIONS FORMAT

chapter |8 pages

PSYCHOPHYSICS

chapter |9 pages

QUALITATIVE PHYSICS

chapter |3 pages

REALISM

chapter |7 pages

REASONING AND RATIONALITY

chapter |2 pages

REDUCTIONISM

chapter |16 pages

RELEVANCE

chapter |4 pages

SEMANTIC NETWORK

chapter |5 pages

SEMANTICS

chapter |3 pages

SEMIOTICS

chapter |2 pages

SENSE

chapter |2 pages

SENSE/REFERENCE

chapter |3 pages

SIGN

chapter |5 pages

SOCIAL COGNITION

chapter |6 pages

SPACE

chapter |1 pages

SUBDOXASTIC

chapter |2 pages

SUPERVENIENCE

chapter |2 pages

SYMBOL

chapter |9 pages

SYNTAX

chapter |3 pages

THEMATIC RELATION

chapter |3 pages

THEORY OF MIND

chapter |5 pages

TIME AND TENSE

chapter |2 pages

TRUTH

chapter |1 pages

TURING MACHINE

chapter |3 pages

TYPE/TOKEN

chapter |4 pages

VALIDATION

chapter |3 pages

WRITING

chapter |5 pages

List of Entries