Neuroscience

Neuroscience is about structure, includes different levels of investigation:

• Molecular: molecular neuroanatomy, mechanisms of molecular signaling in the nervous system
• Cellular: study of neurons at a cellular level including morphology and physiological properties
• Neural circuits and systems: how neural circuits are formed and function anatomically and physiologically to generate behaviors, such as:
  • Sensory perception (somatosensory, visual auditory etc.) & multisensory integration
  • motor reflexes and actions

Cognition

Cognition is about function, includes range of mental process relating to the Acqusition, Storage , Manipulation, Retrieval of information. Such as:

• Perception: take in information from environment through the senses (sensation)
• Attention: allows to focus on a specific stimulus in the environment
• Learning: manipulating new information, and integrating it with prior knowledge
• Memory: encode, store, and retrieve information. It is a critical component in the learning process.
• Action: use perceived information to interact with the environment
• Language: the ability to understand and express thoughts through spoken and written words. It allows communication with others.
• Thought/higher reasoning: allows to engage in decision-making and problem-solving