<p>As @Lucianopaz said in his answer, this question is very broad and depends on what area of Cognitive Science you are interested in.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cognitive Science</a> is an "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_term" rel="nofollow noreferrer">umbrella term</a>" or a "collective term" for many different sciences.</p>

<p>As the link I provided says, there are 6 main sciences within the collection;</p>

<ul>
<li>Philosophy</li>
<li>Linguistics</li>
<li>Anthropology</li>
<li>Neuroscience</li>
<li>AI (Artificial Intelligence)</li>
<li>Psychology</li>
</ul>

<p>but within those sciences there are branches.</p>

<p>Take Psychology for example, and you could specialise in Social Psychology, Behavioural Psychology, Criminal Psychology... the list goes on.</p>

<p>You need to work out what interests you within this collection of sciences to work out what you want to study in college and university.</p>

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Thanks. Don't you know about any alternative names for Neuroscience? I have heard that not all neuroscientists have a neurology degree but there's again, no chance to study that in my home country
Probably
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@Probably - Have a look at [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience)
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Is AI a branch of cognitive science?
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<p>I think it depends on what you find particularly interesting in cognitive sciences. </p>

<p>I think that if you are drawn to learn about human behaviour, emotion, learning, and other aspects of human cognition on an abstract level, then Psychology may be the best branch for you.</p>

<p>If you are interested in the neural-side of the matter, i.e. how a bunch of cells can organize and give rise to function, then you have a broad set of branches to look at. Biology is the most thematically related, and it studies the brain at several scales, from molecular biology that aims to understand gene-expression/regulation, the involvement of different proteins, neurotransmitors or other compounds in brain function, to ethology that studies how living organisms behave.</p>

<p>There are also other scientific branches that are becoming more involved in neuroscience such as computer-science, mathematics and physics, however the core of these branches is farther away from cognitive science than Biology and Psychology. Again, your question is mainly opinion based and it strongly depends on your particular inclinations.</p>

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<p>I was thinking about studying this awesome science but, unfortunately, it's not being taught anywhere in my country (Czechia). What is the closest scientific branch to cognitive sciences?</p>

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What is the closest scientific branch to cognitive science?
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# What is the closest scientific branch to cognitive science?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-06)

I was thinking about studying this awesome science but, unfortunately, it's not being taught anywhere in my country (Czechia). What is the closest scientific branch to cognitive sciences?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-02-07. Score: 1

As @Lucianopaz said in his answer, this question is very broad and depends on what area of Cognitive Science you are interested in.

[Cognitive Science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science) is an "[umbrella term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_term)" or a "collective term" for many different sciences.

As the link I provided says, there are 6 main sciences within the collection;

* Philosophy
* Linguistics
* Anthropology
* Neuroscience
* AI (Artificial Intelligence)
* Psychology

but within those sciences there are branches.

Take Psychology for example, and you could specialise in Social Psychology, Behavioural Psychology, Criminal Psychology... the list goes on.

You need to work out what interests you within this collection of sciences to work out what you want to study in college and university.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks. Don't you know about any alternative names for Neuroscience? I have heard that not all neuroscientists have a neurology degree but there's again, no chance to study that in my home country  
> **username_1**: @username_0 - Have a look at [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience)  
> **username_2**: Is AI a branch of cognitive science?  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-02-06. Score: 0

I think it depends on what you find particularly interesting in cognitive sciences.

I think that if you are drawn to learn about human behaviour, emotion, learning, and other aspects of human cognition on an abstract level, then Psychology may be the best branch for you.

If you are interested in the neural-side of the matter, i.e. how a bunch of cells can organize and give rise to function, then you have a broad set of branches to look at. Biology is the most thematically related, and it studies the brain at several scales, from molecular biology that aims to understand gene-expression/regulation, the involvement of different proteins, neurotransmitors or other compounds in brain function, to ethology that studies how living organisms behave.

There are also other scientific branches that are becoming more involved in neuroscience such as computer-science, mathematics and physics, however the core of these branches is farther away from cognitive science than Biology and Psychology. Again, your question is mainly opinion based and it strongly depends on your particular inclinations.


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