The Third Cognitive Revolution: The consequences and possibilities for biomedical research

James B Hittner; Almira L Hoogesteijn; Jeanne M Fair; Marc Hv van Regenmortel; Ariel L Rivas

doi:10.15252/embr.201847647

The Third Cognitive Revolution: The consequences and possibilities for biomedical research

EMBO Rep. 2019 Apr;20(4):e47647. doi: 10.15252/embr.201847647. Epub 2019 Mar 29.

Authors

James B Hittner¹, Almira L Hoogesteijn², Jeanne M Fair³, Marc Hv van Regenmortel⁴, Ariel L Rivas⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.
² Human Ecology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mérida, Yucatán, México.
³ Biosecurity & Public Health, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
⁴ School of Biotechnology, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
⁵ Center for Global Health-Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Abstract

The Third Cognitive Revolution poses particular challenges for biomedical research to adopt new knowledge. Interdisciplinary education at all levels would help to address these.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Biomedical Research*
Cognition*
Humans
Models, Psychological