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Cognitive Science

Cognitive science topics which may span one or more specific sciences including psychology and medicine. Sites, works and indices that assume a scientific model in their processes, references or information gathering and summary.

Sites in Cognitive Science

AI Core MOO Java Telnet
A virtual world for AI Researchers. Active and growing population, lively topics, and fun bots.
ACT Research Home Page
John Anderson's ACT-R theory of cognition is a cognitive architecture aimed at computer simulating a full range of cognitive tasks.
Non-Cartesian Cognitive Science
Essays and many useful links on embodied and 'situated' approaches to cognition: ranging from Artificial Life to Phenomenology, and much else.
COGPRINTS: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archive
Cogprints makes preprints and reprints of papers in all areas of the cognitive sciences openly available on-line. Authors can deposit their work here, and all may freely read it. Directed by Stevan Harnad (best known as editor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences).
The Human Nature Daily Review
Links, with brief abstracts, to recent news items in the brain and behavioural sciences, including the cognitive sciences, psychiatry, and anthropology - frequently updated.
CogSci World
An index of Cognitive Science resources available on the Internet.
Human Cognition in the Human Brain
Yehouda Harpaz' model of human cognition, along with links to associated texts, including extensive critiques of publications associated with cognitive science.
COGSCI Cognitive Science Discussion List
Website for the International Cognitive Science Discussion List).
Snyder Laboratory
Studies the role of the parietal cortex in the processing of visual spatial information, and how such information is used to direct eye and arm movements. Many publications available online.
Towards a cognitive science of science
A study of the cognitive basis of science. Special attention is given to implications for physics and mathematics. By Razvan Florian, a Romanian Physics student studying in Paris.
Brain and Behavior, from Serendip
Interactive exhibits, forum, and links aimed at exploring the observational basis and significance of the assertion that the nervous system underlies all aspects of human behavior and experience.
CognitiveScience.org
CognitiveScience.org is an interactive online community for Cognitive Science and related fields. The site provides a discussion forum, academic listings, and links to related web sites.
MIT Cognet
Subscription based service from MIT Press giving access to full text coyrighted material, discussions, and news.
Face Blind
A personal account of face blindness (prosopagnosia), by a sufferer.
Going Inside
Science writer John McCrone's view of "the latest frontier in mind science" - a dynamical view of the brain and consciousness.
Institut des Sciences Cognitives
The National Center for Scientific Research in France promoting study of cognition, especially in humans. Many of the working papers and links to other websites are in English.
Austrian Society for Cognitive Science
Sponsors seminars and a conference for cognitive science in Austria.
Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Berlin
Focused on the study of cognition and action.
MIT Press - Recent books on Cognition, Brain, and Behavior.

Annotated Bibliography Of Mind-Related Topics
An annotated bibliography of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, neurobiology, artificial life, linguistics, neural networks, connectionism, cognitive psychology, consciousness.
Computational Epistemology Lab
A facility for research into Cognitive Science and related areas of Philosophy. Headed by Paul Thagard, at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Playroom
Links to many interactive illusions, demos, games and toys related to Cognitive Science.
Humanoid Robotics Group
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory group led by Rodney Brooks. Working on robots Cog, Kismet, Coco & Macaco.
Celebrities in Cognitive Science
Links page to writings by and about leading thinkers in cognitive science, and critics and observers of the cognitive sciences.
Intelligent Systems
Online book on a machine learning system, by Walter Fritz.
Cognitive Science Society
The premier professional organization in the field. Information on membership, conferences, and the journal Cognitive Science (including abstracts of recent and upcoming articles).
Imagination, Mental Imagery, Consciousness, Cognition: Science, Philosophy & History.
The philosophical, scientific, and historical study of imagination and mental imagery, and their role in consciousness and cognition. Material by the site's creator and many links to other related sites.
Telerobotics and Neurology
At UC Berkeley. Studies of eye movements (scanpaths), image processing, and virtual reality.
The Memory Exhibition
Explores the biological, psychological, and cultural aspects of memory, from personal experiences to breakthroughs in cognitive science.
Percepts and Concepts Laboratory
Researching the interactions between perception and cognition. Director: Robert Goldstone.
The Computer Revolution in Philosophy
An online (scanned) version of the seminal 1978 book by Aaron Sloman.
Cognitive Science Dictionary
A glossary of Cognitive Science terminology. From Dr. Michael Dawson of the University of Alberta.
European Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Engineering
Research areas: cognition and design (design knowledge and rationale, cognitive analysis), cognition and the use of machines (ergonomics, human factors) cognition and organizations (corporate memory, psycho-sociological issues).
The Modularity Home Page
Links to resources and online papers on modularity in cognitive sciences, neurosciences, evolutionary biology and AI.
Institut Jean-Nicod
An interdisciplinary lab at the interface between the humanities the social sciences and the cognitive sciences. Content in French and English.
Imagination is Greater than Knowledge
Outlines a subjective concept of science and the role of cognitive processes that support the structures of scientific theory.
Cognitive Task Analysis Resource
Provides education, documents, and an on-line community for Cognitive Task Analysis. (CTA describes some aspect of human operation and cognitive processing within a work domain.)
Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Seoul, Korea
Studies of cognitive function via EEG, PET, and MRI with clinical diagnosis.
Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
Electrophysiology research investigating infant language development, language processing in normal monolingual and multilingual adults, and language processing in stuttering.
ObjectCognition.net
Good collection of links to Cognitive Science Researcher's home pages, and to relevant journals (online and paper).
Memory Arena
A resource on memory and memory disorders. Information includes: books, journals, test publications, links to associations and upcoming conferences. From Psychology Press.
The Mind Project
Illinois State University cognitive science research and curriculum development project.
Facial Expression Resources on the Web
Links to resources for research on facial expressions.
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Reference work (published 2003) from the publishers of the journal Nature. This site exists mainly to persuade you to buy the print encyclopedia, but also makes several sample entries available.
10 Classic Cognitive Science Papers
Ten papers, originally published in the journal Cognitive Science, and judged by the editors to be classics of the field, made available for free download.
CogNews
Supplies daily news of the cognitive sciences via user submissions.
The Brain Research Company
A company providing a standardized "evidence based" profile of brain function and cognition.
Foresight Project - Cognitive Systems
British government program to promote research in cognitive sciences, neuroscience, and computer science.
Mental Models
The "mental models" theory of thinking and reasoning, as propounded by Kenneth Craik and Philip Johnson-Laird. Site created by Johnson-Laird and Ruth Byrne.
Visual Illusions to Demonstrate an Empirical Theory of Vision
Article about a theory that all visual perceptions (illusory or otherwise) are an evolved set of behavioral reflexes.
Prosopagnosia ( Face Blindness )
The author explains this particular condition and how those afflicted with this condition use other techniques to recognize people.
Prosopagnosia.
The condition of prosopagnosia, or "face blindness," from the perspective of a person who suffers from it.
JND.org: In Praise of Good Design
The author of "The Design of Everyday Things" writes essays on design, education, emotion and design, people, technology and society, and television.
Interdisciplines: Art and Cognition
Virtual conference featuring ten target papers and discussions on the intersection between aesthetic experience, theories of perception and cognition. Content in english/french.
Adaptive Behavior and Cognition
[Berlin] The lab, based at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, explores cognitive strategies (including social and emotional components) with which people and other animals make judgments and decisions in the face of uncertain situations. Staff, publications and current projects.
Reith Lectures 2003 - The Emerging Mind
Series of five public radio lectures given by neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego. The 2003 series of the prestigious annual BBC Reith Lectures. Lectures available as Real Audio.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Committed to the development of mind and brain research on the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of perception and cognition.

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