| Websites in Cognitive Science |
- 10 Classic Cognitive Science Papers
Ten papers, originally published in the journal Cognitive Science, and judged by the editors to be classics of the field, made available for free download.
 http://cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu/rgoldsto/cogsci/classics.html
- ACT Research Home Page
John Anderson's ACT-R theory of cognition is a cognitive architecture aimed at computer simulating a full range of cognitive tasks.
http://act.psy.cmu.edu/
- AI Core MOO Java Telnet
A virtual world for AI Researchers. Active and growing population, lively topics, and fun bots.
http://ai.uga.edu/~bancroft/interact/
- Adaptive Behavior and Cognition
[Berlin] The lab, based at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, explores cognitive strategies (including social and emotional components) with which people and other animals make judgments and decisions in the face of uncertain situations. Staff, publications and current projects.
http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/forschung/abc/
- Annotated Bibliography Of Mind-Related Topics
An annotated bibliography of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, neurobiology, artificial life, linguistics, neural networks, connectionism, cognitive psychology, consciousness.
http://www.thymos.com/mind.html
- Austrian Society for Cognitive Science
Sponsors seminars and a conference for cognitive science in Austria.
http://www.univie.ac.at/cognition/
- Brain and Behavior, from Serendip
Interactive exhibits, forum, and links aimed at exploring the observational basis and significance of the assertion that the nervous system underlies all aspects of human behavior and experience.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/
- COGPRINTS: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archive
Cogprints makes preprints and reprints of papers in all areas of the cognitive sciences openly available on-line. Authors can deposit their work here, and all may freely read it. Directed by Stevan Harnad (best known as editor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences).
http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/
- COGSCI Cognitive Science Discussion List
Website for the International Cognitive Science Discussion List).
http://cogsci.weenink.com/
- Celebrities in Cognitive Science
Links page to writings by and about leading thinkers in cognitive science, and critics and observers of the cognitive sciences.
http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/cogsci.html
- Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Seoul, Korea
Studies of cognitive function via EEG, PET, and MRI with clinical diagnosis.
http://neuroimage.net/eng.htm
- CogNews
Supplies daily news of the cognitive sciences via user submissions.
http://cognews.com
- CogSci World
An index of Cognitive Science resources available on the Internet.
http://www-und.ida.liu.se/%7Ehenge635/cogsci/index.html
- Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Committed to the development of mind and brain research on the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of perception and cognition.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cns/
- Cognitive Science Dictionary
A glossary of Cognitive Science terminology. From Dr. Michael Dawson of the University of Alberta.
http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/~mike/Pearl_Street/Dictionary/dictionary.html
- Cognitive Science Society
The premier professional organization in the field. Information on membership, conferences, and the journal Cognitive Science (including abstracts of recent and upcoming articles).
http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/
- Cognitive Task Analysis Resource
Provides education, documents, and an on-line community for Cognitive Task Analysis. (CTA describes some aspect of human operation and cognitive processing within a work domain.)
http://www2.ctaresource.com/index.php
- CognitiveScience.org
CognitiveScience.org is an interactive online community for Cognitive Science and related fields. The site provides a discussion forum, academic listings, and links to related web sites.
http://www.cognitivescience.org/
- Computational Epistemology Lab
A facility for research into Cognitive Science and related areas of Philosophy. Headed by Paul Thagard, at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/Index.html
- Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
Electrophysiology research investigating infant language development, language processing in normal monolingual and multilingual adults, and language processing in stuttering.
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Speechandhearing/labs/dnl/
- Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Reference work (published 2003) from the publishers of the journal Nature. This site exists mainly to persuade you to buy the print encyclopedia, but also makes several sample entries available.
http://www.cognitivescience.net/
- European Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Engineering
Research areas: cognition and design (design knowledge and rationale, cognitive analysis), cognition and the use of machines (ergonomics, human factors) cognition and organizations (corporate memory, psycho-sociological issues).
http://www-eurisco.onecert.fr/
- Face Blind
A personal account of face blindness (prosopagnosia), by a sufferer.
http://www.choisser.com/faceblind/
- Facial Expression Resources on the Web
Links to resources for research on facial expressions.
http://www.mis.atr.co.jp/~mlyons/facial_expression.html
- Foresight Project - Cognitive Systems
British government program to promote research in cognitive sciences, neuroscience, and computer science.
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/cognitive.html
- Going Inside
Science writer John McCrone's view of "the latest frontier in mind science" - a dynamical view of the brain and consciousness.
http://www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut/index.html
- Human Cognition in the Human Brain
Yehouda Harpaz' model of human cognition, along with links to associated texts, including extensive critiques of publications associated with cognitive science.
http://human-brain.org/
- Humanoid Robotics Group
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory group led by Rodney Brooks. Working on robots Cog, Kismet, Coco & Macaco.
http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/humanoid-robotics-group/
- Imagination is Greater than Knowledge
Outlines a subjective concept of science and the role of cognitive processes that support the structures of scientific theory.
http://users.zipworld.com.au/~damir
- Imagination, Mental Imagery, Consciousness, Cognition: Science, Philosophy & History.
The philosophical, scientific, and historical study of imagination and mental imagery, and their role in consciousness and cognition. Material by the site's creator and many links to other related sites.
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/home.htm
- Institut Jean-Nicod
An interdisciplinary lab at the interface between the humanities the social sciences and the cognitive sciences. Content in French and English.
http://www.institutnicod.org
- Institut des Sciences Cognitives
The National Center for Scientific Research in France promoting study of cognition, especially in humans. Many of the working papers and links to other websites are in English.
http://www.isc.cnrs.fr/index_en.htm
- Intelligent Systems
Online book on a machine learning system, by Walter Fritz.
http://www.anice.net.ar/intsyst/intsyst.htm
- Interdisciplines: Art and Cognition
Virtual conference featuring ten target papers and discussions on the intersection between aesthetic experience, theories of perception and cognition. Content in english/french.
http://www.interdisciplines.org/artcog
- JND.org: In Praise of Good Design
The author of "The Design of Everyday Things" writes essays on design, education, emotion and design, people, technology and society, and television.
http://www.jnd.org/GoodDesign.html
- MIT Cognet
Subscription based service from MIT Press giving access to full text coyrighted material, discussions, and news.
http://cognet.mit.edu/
- MIT Press - Recent books on Cognition, Brain, and Behavior.
http://mitpress.mit.edu/new-books-in-category.tcl?category=Cognition%2c%20Brain%2c%20and%20Behavior
- Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Berlin
Focused on the study of cognition and action.
http://www.mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de/mpipf_e.htm
- Memory Arena
A resource on memory and memory disorders. Information includes: books, journals, test publications, links to associations and upcoming conferences. From Psychology Press.
http://www.memoryarena.com/
- Mental Models
The "mental models" theory of thinking and reasoning, as propounded by Kenneth Craik and Philip Johnson-Laird. Site created by Johnson-Laird and Ruth Byrne.
http://www.tcd.ie/Psychology/Ruth_Byrne/mental_models/
- Non-Cartesian Cognitive Science
Essays and many useful links on embodied and 'situated' approaches to cognition: ranging from Artificial Life to Phenomenology, and much else.
http://www.magneticfields.org/sky/aarc/noncartesian.html
- ObjectCognition.net
Good collection of links to Cognitive Science Researcher's home pages, and to relevant journals (online and paper).
http://www.objectcognition.net/
- Percepts and Concepts Laboratory
Researching the interactions between perception and cognition. Director: Robert Goldstone.
http://cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu/
- Playroom
Links to many interactive illusions, demos, games and toys related to Cognitive Science.
http://psy.uq.oz.au/CogPsych/homepage/playroom/playroom.html
- Prosopagnosia ( Face Blindness )
The author explains this particular condition and how those afflicted with this condition use other techniques to recognize people.
http://www.prosopagnosia.com/
- Prosopagnosia.
The condition of prosopagnosia, or "face blindness," from the perspective of a person who suffers from it.
http://home.earthlink.net/~blankface/prosopagnosia.shtml
- Reith Lectures 2003 - The Emerging Mind
Series of five public radio lectures given by neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran (Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego). The 2003 series of the prestigious annual BBC Reith Lectures. Lectures available as Real Audio®.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/
- Snyder Laboratory
Studies the role of the parietal cortex in the processing of visual spatial information, and how such information is used to direct eye and arm movements. Many publications available online.
http://eye-hand.wustl.edu/
- Telerobotics and Neurology
At UC Berkeley. Studies of eye movements (scanpaths), image processing, and virtual reality.
http://scan.berkeley.edu/
- The Brain Research Company
A company providing a standardized "evidence based" profile of brain function and cognition.
http://www.brainresource.com
- The Computer Revolution in Philosophy
An online (scanned) version of the seminal 1978 book by Aaron Sloman.
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/cogaff/crp/
- The Human Nature Daily Review
Links, with brief abstracts, to recent news items in the brain and behavioural sciences, including the cognitive sciences, psychiatry, and anthropology - frequently updated.
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/
- The Memory Exhibition
Explores the biological, psychological, and cultural aspects of memory, from personal experiences to breakthroughs in cognitive science.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/index.html
- The Mind Project
Illinois State University cognitive science research and curriculum development project.
http://www.mind.ilstu.edu/
- The Modularity Home Page
Links to resources and online papers on modularity in cognitive sciences, neurosciences, evolutionary biology and AI.
http://gral.ip.rm.cnr.it/rcalabretta/modularity.html
- Towards a cognitive science of science
A study of the cognitive basis of science. Special attention is given to implications for physics and mathematics. By Razvan Florian, a Romanian Physics student studying in Paris.
http://www.arxia.com/florian/cog
- Visual Illusions to Demonstrate an Empirical Theory of Vision
Article about a theory that all visual perceptions (illusory or otherwise) are an evolved set of behavioral reflexes.
http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/alumni/dm29/purves.html
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