Master 2025/2026

Introduction to Cognitive Science

Type: Compulsory course (Cognitive Sciences and Technologies: From Neuron to Cognition)

Delivered by: Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience

When: 1 year, 1, 2 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Alisia Vorobyova

Language: English

Contact hours: 56

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary research field, traditionally including psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, philosophy and anthropology. In this course, we will discuss the origin of cognitive science, its history, main issues, methods and problems. What is the relation between different fields of cognitive science such as psychology and neuroscience? Why cognitive science needs philosophy? What is consciousness? How is brain related to cognition? We will study the main approaches to those questions in this course. Finally, we will discuss the contemporary state and prospects of cognitive science, as well as applications of cognitive science in real life and technology.