Is cognitive neuroscience a legitimate science?

Cognitive neuroscience maps mental states to brain states. That is, we observe behavior (such as wiggling one's toes, or reacting to pain) or mental states (such as depression, memory retrieval, mathematical processing, thinking about a chair, etc) while scanning the brain. read more

Since all major universities have programs in cognitive neuroscience, and there are many people like myself paid to develop the computational cognitive modelling software, I think it's pretty safe to declare it legitimate. I suggest investing some time with an online book: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Wiki. read more

Cognitive neuroscience is a branch of both neuroscience and psychology, overlapping with disciplines such as behavioral neuroscience, cognitive psychology, physiological psychology and affective neuroscience. read more

Both cognitive science and neuroscience have evolved over the years, and recently they have started to overlap, whereas before, they were more separate. Cognitive science is an offshoot of human psychology and is literally the study of cognition, or thought. read more