这个新兴的跨学科领域位于心理学，计算机科学和哲学的交汇处，并且与神经科学，语言学，人类学，数学，生物学和教育有着更重要的联系。认知科学不仅试图了解已知宇宙中最复杂和令人着迷的实体之一，即人类思维，而且认知科学还试图理解其他种类的思维，无论它们是动物思维，外来思维还是人工思维头脑。因此，认知科学有望成为与物理学，化学和生物学相一致的下一个``基础''科学，因为正在进行的许多研究旨在发现构成所有思想基础的基本原理。认知科学是认知的科学研究诸如推理，决策，记忆，学习，语言，感知和行动等现象。这个新兴的跨学科领域
A truly interdisciplinary approach to cognitive science education – at the intersection of psychology, computer science, and philosophy – with important links to neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, mathematics, biology, and education. In addition to having a strong computational emphasis, the B.S. in Cognitive Science at Rensselaer combines psychology and philosophy with disciplines such as neuroscience and linguistics to equip students with the reasoning, communication, and analytical skills needed to succeed in a diverse field.<br><br>The B.S. in Cognitive Science at Rensselaer studies cognitive phenomena such as reasoning, decision-making, memory, learning, language, perception, and action. The field of cognitive science is used to understand the human mind, one of the most complex entities in the known universe, as well as animal and artificial minds.<br><br>With applications such as the creation of intelligent machines or the design of speech recognition systems, cognitive science has the potential to transform lives.