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Behavioral Science
How Scientists Study Thinking and Perception
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Cognition includes the mental processes that support memory, perception, decision-making, reasoning, and language. It describes how the brain takes in information, processes it, and shapes behavior.
Cognitive scientists study these mental skills with both behavioral and neuropsychological methods...
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Cognition is broadly defined as the mental processes associated with phenomena like attention, memory, reasoning, and language. Cognitive scientists are using a combination of psychological and physiological techniques to understand the biological underpinnings of cognition. Through this understanding, scientists hope to dev...
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