a brief history of cognitive science
cognitive neuroscience
the study of high-order mental processes such as thinking and perceiving
cognitive psychology
the study of cognition by the study of behaviour
holistic view
the brain works as a whole, all processes are seated in one faculty
locationalist view
different brain regions have different functions
what are the disciplines of cognitive science?
philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, computer science, and psychology
pure behaviourist view
purely objective theoretical goal of the prediction and control of behaviour
pure neuroscientist view
people act in terms of how they came to be
the study of the brain
explain the mind-brain problem
the problem of how to address the relation between mental phenomena and neural or physical phenomena