By Alec Rogers Is there a common framework within cognitive science, and if so, what is it? Perhaps the lack of a shared model creates the lack of cohesion described in a recent article by Rafael Núñez: [Cognitive] science, explicitly named in the singular, was meant...
By Michelle Rivers, Michael Baranski, Brendan Schuetze, & Mona Anchan Why did you decide to pursue cognitive science? The CSS blog team recently asked for some graduate students’ perspectives on this question. Here’s what they told us. ...
Post by Katharine Tillman I got a tenure-track job two years ago, right out of grad school. If you just checked my CV and you’re annoyed that I’m not a superstar, I don’t blame you. I worked hard, but I was lucky. Many stars needed to align in my favor. Here are some...
Featured image by Natalia Vélez Every year, the MacArthur Foundation awards “Genius Grants” to “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” This year, cognitive...
by Ulrike Hahn At a time when we are all thinking about how best to respond to the present global crisis, it seems timely to think also about how we, as the Cognitive Science community, can be most effective. What kind of science can we do, and how should we go about...
