Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience (pronunciation: /ˈkɒgnɪtɪv ˌnjʊərəʊˈsaɪəns/) is a branch of Neuroscience and Psychology that studies the biological processes underlying Cognition and the neural basis of behavior.
Etymology
The term "Cognitive Neuroscience" was coined by Michael Gazzaniga and George Armitage Miller in the year 1976. "Cognitive" comes from the Latin word "cognoscere" meaning "to know" or "to learn". "Neuroscience" is derived from the Greek words "neuron" meaning "nerve" and "science" which comes from the Latin word "scientia" meaning "knowledge".
Related Terms
- Neuroanatomy: The study of the structure and organization of the nervous system.
- Neurophysiology: The study of how the nervous system functions.
- Neuropsychology: The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- Cognitive Psychology: The study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking".
- Brain Mapping: A set of neuroscience techniques predicated on the mapping of (biological) quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) brain resulting in maps.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Cognitive Neuroscience
- Wikipedia's article - Cognitive Neuroscience
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