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COGNITIVE SCIENCE
The interdisciplinary field of cognitive science studies the mind, intelligence,and be-
havior from an information processing perspective. According to Wikipedia (2007),
“The term cognitive science was coined by Christopher Longuet-Higgins in his 1973
commentary on the Lighthill report, which concerned the then-current state of arti-
ficial intelligence research” (para. 1). The Cognitive Science Society and the Cognitive
Science Journal date back to 1980 (Cognitive Science Society, 2005). Their interdis-
ciplinary base arises from psychology, philosophy, neur ...