r/cognitivescience↗
Cognitive Science
Cognitive science or cognitivesci but not CSI. The sciences of cognition or thinking, thought processes, both natural and artificial intelligence/AI seeking to emulate or create thinking as opposed to purely robotic rule/instruction set following.
62k subscribers152 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)130 authors / mosince 2010
r/cognitivescience has 62k members (+61% over the last 12 months). It gets about 152 posts a month from 130 people. Top topics: AGI Discussions, Music and Brain Science and IQ Tests & Intelligence.
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- AGI Discussions0.5%
- Music and Brain Science0.5%
- IQ Tests & Intelligence0.5%
- AI Apocalypse0.4%
- Cognitive Functions Analysis0.4%
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- Doi
- Substack
- PsyPost
- Medium
- Zenodo
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