Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information
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The Donders Centre for Cognition (former Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information) is a research institute
for cognitive science
, neuroscience
and information technology
. It was founded in 1986 as an integral part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Radboud University Nijmegen
in The Netherlands.
The DCC maintains strong ties with the nearby Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (former F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
) in, among other collaborations, a highly-interdisciplinary research master in cognitive neuroscience.
Research institute
A research institute is an establishment endowed for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research...
for cognitive science
Cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...
, neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
and information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
. It was founded in 1986 as an integral part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud University Nijmegen is a public university with a strong focus on research in Nijmegen, the Netherlands...
in The Netherlands.
The DCC maintains strong ties with the nearby Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (former F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
The Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging is a research institute in the Netherlands. It is located at the campus of the Radboud University Nijmegen and maintains strong ties with the Donders Centre for Cognition and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.In order to train young talent...
) in, among other collaborations, a highly-interdisciplinary research master in cognitive neuroscience.