Chapter 1 Summary
- Cognitive science seeks to understand the information processing associated with functions like perception, memory, and decision making.
- Neuroscience seeks to characterize the structure and function of the nervous system.
- Cognitive neuroscience is a new discipline that applies research methods from neuroscience to the functions and behaviors studied by cognitive science.
- Cognitive neuroscientists use diverse research methods and experimental paradigms to develop models of mental function and behavior.