Ithaca,
NY,
United States
Type
Private
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Cognitive Science is a multidisciplinary domain exploring how cognition and the mind function. It examines perception, behavior, language, knowledge, growth, and reasoning through diverse approachestheoretical, empirical, and computationalto deepen insights into human thought processes and intelligent systems. Key focuses include mental representations—how they form and operate—alongside comparisons between human and machine intelligence, and connections between cognitive abilities and biological underpinnings. This major empowers students to develop specialized interests by designing custom course combinations that cross traditional academic divisions.