ABSTRACT
This emphasis on molecular mechanisms is not limited to “basic” research into neuronal activities. It has already entered into the search for mechanisms of cognition. There now exists a professional society, the Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society, with over 800 members worldwide from more than 100 laboratories conducting research on the molecular and cellular basis of cognitive function. Learning and memory research has been this young eld’s most productive area to date, but work is underway on awareness, attention, anxiety, sensation, and motor control – phenomena that collectively dene the research agenda of cognitive science.
