The Cognitive Science Society is a
professional society for the
interdisciplinary
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field of
cognitive science. It brings together researchers from many fields who hold the common goal of understanding the nature of the human
mind
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. The society promotes scientific interchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of cognitive science, including
artificial intelligence
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,
linguistics
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,
anthropology
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,
psychology
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,
neuroscience
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,
philosophy, and
education
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. The Society is a member of the
Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences.
Meetings
The group sponsors the annual
Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
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Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main pu ...
, a meeting which hosts the latest theories and data from cognitive science researchers, for which it also publishes proceedings. The first meeting of the conference was held in 1979 at the
University of California, San Diego
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in
La Jolla
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,
California
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.
The society was incorporated in 1979 as a
501(c)(3) non-profit
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professional organization in
. The organizing committee included
Roger Schank,
Allan Collins,
Donald Norman, and a number of other scholars from psychology, linguistics, computer science, and philosophy. It currently has over 1500 members, including a significant number from countries other than the
United States
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.
Awards
The Cognitive Science Society annually hosts the award symposium for the
David E. Rumelhart Prize, which is given to individuals or teams who have made a significant contribution to the theoretical foundations of human cognition.
The Society also elects Fellow members based on sustained and significant impact on the cognitive science community.
Journals published by the Cognitive Science Society
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Cognitive Science'',
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Topics in Cognitive Science
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'',
References
External links
Cognitive Science Society Homepage
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Cognitive science organizations
Psychology organizations based in the United States
Professional associations based in the United States