How to Use cognitive science in a Sentence

cognitive science

noun
  • So in cognitive science this is a role that philosophers can play.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2018
  • But there is still a lot more to be learned about how to best apply cognitive science to our everyday problems.
    — Christopher Chabris, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Research from cognitive science helps to explain how scrolling trains your brain to think passively.
    — Jt Torres, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Other journals in cognitive science have moved in the same direction in recent years.
    — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Yale suspended Khan, who was studying cognitive science, after his arrest more than two years ago.
    — Fox News, 7 Mar. 2018
  • From a cognitive science perspective, attention is a scarce resource.
    — Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • But little of that evidence from cognitive science is reflected in the practice guide, or in the research the panel surveyed.
    — Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
  • For my detailed coverage on the intertwining role of AI and cognitive science, see the link here.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Researchers in cognitive science have long theorized that conceptual thinking is informed by how the human body looks and moves.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • My field of cognitive science has been uncovering various gaps in human metaknowledge for decades.
    — Tommy Blanchard, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • Hamilton views pareidolia as just one avenue where AI might advance cognitive science, and vice versa.
    — Byhannah Richter, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
  • His prescient thinking has not gone unnoticed in the cognitive science world — or by today’s technology titans.
    — Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Previous cognitive science research has been divided on the issue.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 7 May 2018
  • Tenenbaum says evidence from cognitive science also suggests that the human brain does something similar when a person looks around.
    — Will Knight, Wired, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Calkins is far from alone in adopting an approach to both aspects of reading—word recognition and comprehension—that conflicts with cognitive science.
    — Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Yet cognitive science consistently shows that one of the defining features of higher intelligence is not speed, but control.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • In the end, an Eastern view of the mind can mesh well with modern cognitive science—a fact that Pinker could have usefully pondered before writing this book.
    — Robert Wright, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018
  • It is rooted in aspects of cognitive science and psychological research.
    — Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In recent years work on this topic has expanded beyond the realm of philosophy and into psychology and cognitive science.
    — Matthew Fisher, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Talusan also spent time as a child actor, photographer, playwright, and for a time worked at an MIT cognitive science lab.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 2 July 2020
  • Mednick, who lives in Kensington, is a professor of cognitive science at UC Irvine.
    — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
  • Her career has spanned philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive science.
    — Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Eventually, so did researchers in cognitive science (the scientific study of the mind and its processes), but for different reasons.
    — Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The jury consists of professionals in the art, cognitive science and education fields, according to a press release from the museum.
    — Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Newton uses findings from genetics, cognitive science and other fields to wrestle with ideas around inheritance — does knowing who gave us our eyes and (perhaps) our tempers trap us or free us?
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
  • But readers should know that some areas of the behavioral and cognitive sciences have been instituting concrete reforms to make our research as transparent as possible.
    — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • At the heart of the shift are teaching methods that combine cognitive science and secure attachment theory, which promotes the emotional bond between caregiver and child.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Jim Davies is a professor of cognitive science at Carleton University.
    — Jim Davies, Scientific American, 18 May 2022
  • Input from psychology or cognitive science majors can help in designing approaches that adapt human learning and reasoning styles.
    — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Breakthroughs in domains such as neuroscience, cognitive science and human development provide basic insights that could lead to stronger learning and life outcomes for young people.
    — Stacey Childress, Forbes, 8 June 2021

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