Cognition, mind, brain & behaviour
Define cognition and explain why behaviour is evidence rather than the mental state itself.
LEARNING UNIT 1 · SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL · NO LOGIN
What is the mind—
and how can we study it?
Cognitive Science studies cognition by connecting observable evidence to explanations of mind, brain and behaviour. LU1 gives you the questions, methods and interdisciplinary mindset you will use throughout KMF1014.
MindWhat internal processes might explain what we observe?
EvidenceBehaviour · brain · language · computation · reports
InferenceObserve → infer → test → revise
THE LU1 LOGIC
MIND / BRAIN
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OBSERVABLE EVIDENCEbehaviour · performance · brain activity · language
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HUMAN INFERENCEmental explanation
↔MACHINE INFERENCEmodel output
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REALITYcompare · test · revise
BY THE END OF LU1
Not only what Cognitive Science is—but how Cognitive Scientists know
Six disciplines
Explain the complementary roles of psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, AI, philosophy and anthropology.
History → contemporary AI
Trace the field's changing models and use evidence-based reasoning on a simple AI claim.
OPTIONAL ICE-BREAKER · FROM THE EARLIER LU1 DECK
Game without instruction
The earlier Hafiz Hashim lecture begins with a group communication task. It is retained as an optional face-to-face/class activity rather than forced into independent online study.
Group10 members in the original activity
CommunicatorOnly one person may talk and facilitate
ConstraintAll other members remain silent
Time10 minutes
Show the exact legacy slide text
LEARN + PRACTISE
Four modules, one Cognitive Science mindset
Each card has only Open module and Practice. All 36 current SIM slides are inside the website; relevant material from the 12-slide earlier deck is also integrated.
CHECK + SYNTHESIS
Science, myth or “it depends”?
The current LU1 deck asks you to classify five claims, then finish with quick knowledge, confidence and reflection checks.
Five claims
10% brain · left/right brain · reading thoughts from behaviour · brain scans · fluent AI language.
Six questions
Definitions, evidence/inference, disciplines, Cognitive Revolution, connectionism and AI.
100–150 words
If we cannot directly see the mind, how can we claim to know anything about it?
MULTILINGUAL STUDY HELPER
Ask for a simpler explanation
English, Bahasa Malaysia, Simplified Chinese and Tamil. The helper supports learning but does not replace your own evidence-based judgement.
Ask me about cognition, evidence and inference, the six disciplines, Cognitive Science history, or human–AI comparison.
LOCAL PRACTICE
Your four practice scores
Four practices × 10 points. These remain in this browser and are not formal eLEAP marks.
ONE LAST QUESTION
If an AI can behave as if it thinks… does that mean it has a mind?
You do not need to answer it yet. The later KMF1014 units give you more tools to answer it.