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Cognitive science

On this page you will find a selection of resources concerning Cognitive Science. You are welcome to contact us in case you need help, or if you have suggestions for additional information for the page.

Data

A list of repositories and websites for data to use in teaching exercises, projects, and self-directed practice

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  • OSF
    A repository for pre-registering research projects and making research data and other materials available for the scientific community.
     
  • Figshare
    A repository for making data from completed studies open for the scientific community.
     
  • Data Dryad
    A repository for making data from completed studies open for the scientific community.
     
  • Our World in Data
    Curated datasets relating to global problems

     
  • Google Dataset Search
    Specialised search function for datasets in Google
     
  • KorpusDK
    Text corpus for analysis of Danish language text data
     
  • CHILDES
    Repository for child language data

Software

A list of software useful for cognitive science students

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  • UCloud
    Cloud server for education and research in Denmark, heavily used in the cognitive science education
     
  • R
    Statistical programming language used in many courses in cognitive science
     
  • R Studio
    Developer environment for R
     
  • JAGS
    Program for implementing Bayesian hierarchical models – accessed through R
     
  • Stan
    Program for implementing Bayesian hierarchical models – accessed through R
     
  • Python
    General purpose programming language used in many courses in cognitive science
     
  • Julia
    Scientific computing language. Supplement to R and Python.

     
  • Jupyter
    Developer environment for Julia, Python, and R
     

Reference Works

A list of places to acquire general knowledge in technical and conceptual areas in cognitive science

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  • StackOverflow
    Q&A platform to ask and answer questions about programming and technology development. Great python and R communities, and great resource to troubleshoot and learn.
  • Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
    Professionally written short form articles in topics in cognitive science. Newer project with a growing list of articles.
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    Professionally written long form articles in many topics in philosophy, including topics of special interest to cognitive science. Established project with many articles.

Article Databases

A collection of sources where you can get access to online articles in journals.

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  • Psycinfo
    Searchable article database for research articles in all disciplines in psychology
  • Pubmed
    Searchable article database for research articles in all disciplines in medical sciences

  • JSTOR
    Searchable article database for research articles in all disciplines, with a focus on archiving older journal articles (back to 1880).

Educational resources

A list of educational resources, such as online courses

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  • Datacamp
    Offers short courses on programming and software. Can often be used as a leg-up for more difficult course content.
     
  • Kaggle
    Machine learning and data science community hosting models, datasets, and developer competitions. Can e used to extend learning from courses.
     
  • Google Crash Course
    Google hosted environment for supplementary learning in machine learning.
     
  • Swap Language
    Platform for language learning with lots of resources for learning Danish for international students.

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