Memory in Cognitive Science

Cognitive science studies memory as part of a broader system of perception, language, learning, attention, reasoning, and action. It connects psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and AI.

Core terms: mind, consciousness, attention, awareness, embodied cognition, self-model, learning, temporal continuity, temporal context, mental time travel, chronesthesia, event segmentation, locus of control, working memory, episodic memory, semantic memory, procedural memory, cue, recall, recognition, retrieval, context, spreading activation.

Terms that change meaning across fields: memory, cognition, representation, context, activation, retrieval.

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