Cognitive Science Blog

In‑depth articles on cognitive science, from theory to application.

Last reviewed on October 2, 2026.

Cognitive Development in Children: Stages, Theories & Milestones

Cognitive Development in Children: Stages, Theories & Milestones

How a child’s thinking develops from birth to adolescence: Piaget’s four stages, Vygotsky, executive function, theory of mind and milestones by age.

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How Memory Works: How the Brain Stores and Retrieves Memories

How Memory Works: How the Brain Stores and Retrieves Memories

Encoding, consolidation and retrieval explained simply, where memories live in the brain, why we forget, and evidence-based ways to remember more.

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Attention and Perception: The Process, Theories, Biases & Demos

Attention and Perception: The Process, Theories, Biases & Demos

The perception process from sensation to interpretation, classic attention theories, inattentional blindness, selective perception and simple demos to try.

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How Does the Brain Process Language?

How Does the Brain Process Language?

From sound to meaning in about half a second: the comprehension pipeline, the dual-stream model beyond Broca and Wernicke, N400/P600, reading and aphasia.

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Why Do Cognitive Biases Exist? Decision Making and Heuristics

Why Do Cognitive Biases Exist? Decision Making and Heuristics

If biases make us irrational, why do we have them? Five evidence-based explanations, the key heuristics, common biases and practical ways to decide better.

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Connectionism in Cognitive Science

Connectionism in Cognitive Science

How neural network models of the mind work, from perceptrons and PDP models to deep learning, and the long debate with symbolic AI.

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The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology

The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology

How 1950s psychology moved from behaviourism to the study of mental processes: key figures, a timeline and the revolution’s legacy.

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How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping Cognitive Science

How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping Cognitive Science

How AI helps researchers model human cognition, and how insights from cognitive science feed back into machine learning and robotics.

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What Can You Do With a Cognitive Science Degree?

What Can You Do With a Cognitive Science Degree?

18 jobs for cognitive science graduates, what a bachelor’s, master’s or PhD leads to, the highest-paying roles and how employable the degree is.

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Cognitive Science vs Neuroscience: Differences, Degrees & Careers

Cognitive Science vs Neuroscience: Differences, Degrees & Careers

The two fields compared side by side — focus, methods, courses and careers — plus a guide to choosing which one to study.

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