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Descriptor English: Cognitive Science
Descriptor Spanish: Ciencia Cognitiva
Descriptor ciencia cognitiva
Scope note: Estudio de la naturaleza precisa de las diferentes tareas mentales y de las funciones cerebrales que las posibilitan que incluye ramas de la psicología, informática, filosofía y lingüística. (Traducción libre: Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Ciência Cognitiva
Descriptor French: Science cognitive
Entry term(s): Cognitive Sciences
Science, Cognitive
Sciences, Cognitive
Tree number(s): F04.096.628.255
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019336
Scope note: The study of the precise nature of different mental tasks and the operations of the brain that enable them to be performed, engaging branches of psychology, computer science, philosophy, and linguistics. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Cognition (1981-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33145
Unique ID: D019336
NLM Classification: BF 311
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Cognitive Science - Preferred
Concept UI M0028784
Scope note The study of the precise nature of different mental tasks and the operations of the brain that enable them to be performed, engaging branches of psychology, computer science, philosophy, and linguistics. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Preferred term Cognitive Science
Entry term(s) Cognitive Sciences
Science, Cognitive
Sciences, Cognitive



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