Cognitive science
cognitive science
n.

The study of the nature of various mental tasks and the processes that enable them to be performed.

Cognitive science is usually defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence. Practically every introduction to cognitive science also stresses that it is highly interdisciplinary; it is often said to consist of, take part in, and collaborate with psychology (especially cognitive psychology), artificial intelligence, linguistics and psycholinguistics, philosophy (especially philosophy of mind), neuroscience, logic, robotics, anthropology and biology (including biomechanics).