Cognitive Science Society

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| established = 1979

| key_people = Adele Goldberg, Chair (2022–2024)

| website = [https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/ cognitivesciencesociety.org]

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The Cognitive Science Society is a professional society for the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. It brings together researchers from many fields who hold the common goal of understanding the nature of the human mind. The society promotes scientific interchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of cognitive science, including artificial intelligence, linguistics, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and education.{{cite web | title=Cognitive Science Society: Home | url=http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/index.html | accessdate=20 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328074705/http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/index.html | archive-date=28 March 2016 | url-status=dead }} 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, a meeting which hosts the latest theories and data from cognitive science researchers, for which it also publishes proceedings.{{cite web | title=Cognitive Science Society: Annual Conference | url=http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference_overview.html | accessdate=20 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219085557/http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference_overview.html | archive-date=19 December 2008 | url-status=dead }} The first meeting of the conference was held in 1979 at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California.

The society was incorporated in 1979 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional organization in Massachusetts. 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 1,500 members, including a significant number from countries other than the United States.{{cite web | title=Cognitive Science Society: About the Society | url=http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/about_description.html | accessdate=20 December 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120070916/http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/about_description.html | archivedate=20 November 2008 }}

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.{{cite web|title=Rumelhart Prize Winners|url=http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-prize-winners/|website=Cognitive Science Society|accessdate=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703235618/http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-prize-winners/|archive-date=3 July 2017|url-status=dead}}

The Society also elects Fellow members based on sustained and significant impact on the cognitive science community.{{cite web|title=Fellows|url=http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/|website=Cognitive Science Society|accessdate=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926082227/http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/|archive-date=26 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

Journals published by the Cognitive Science Society

Cognitive Science, {{issn|0364-0213}}
Topics in Cognitive Science, {{issn|1756-8757}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160328074705/http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/index.html Cognitive Science Society Homepage]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081219085545/http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/about_overview.html About the Cognitive Science Society]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081219085557/http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference_overview.html Cognitive Science Society Annual Conference]

Category:1979 establishments in Massachusetts

Category:Scientific organizations established in 1979

Category:Cognitive science organizations

Category:Psychology organizations based in the United States

Category:Professional associations based in the United States