These are the some of the questions addressed in the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. Cognitive scientists approach these questions by studying the brain as a complex biological computing machine that receives, stores, transforms, and transmits information. Swarthmore cognitive scientists explore the mental structures and physical properties that give rise to the mind’s capacity for perceiving the world, controlling actions, generating and understanding language, performing logical reasoning — and even consciousness.
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