Cognitive approach

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  • Limitations of the cognitive approach
    over-reliance on computer models
    focus on how rather than why a process might occur
    relies on artificial testing
  • What is cognitive neuroscience?
    Cognitive neuroscience aims to explore the neurobiological basis of thought processes and disorders
    Cognitive neuroscience has emerged with improvements in technology such as fMRI and PET scans
    Cognitive science was formally formed in MIT in 1956 and cognitive neuroscience was coined by George Miller and Michael Gazzaniga in the 1970s.