Chapter 1 : what is cognition ?

Applied research

Scientific research that is concerned with developing a solution to a problem

Artificial intelligence

A branch of computer science and engineering concerned with building machines that can perform human-like intelligent behaviors

Basic research

Scientific research that is concerned with trying to understand the world and it's phenomena, with no specific purpose

Cognition

The sum of mental activities resulting in the acquisition of information from the environment processing that information, and using it to make a behavioral decision

Cognitive psychology

A field of psychology concerned with studying intelligence through the observation of behaviors

Human factors

A field of psychology concerned with applying scientific findings to the design of systems that people interact with

Naturalistic observation

A research technique in which the behaviors of people or other organisms are observed as they-occur in their natural environment, without any experimental intervention

Neuroscience

The field of science concerned with the study of the brain and related physiological systems