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Cognitive Science is the study of the mind - how it comes to be, what it is, and what it does. Researchers and practitioners in cognitive science come from a variety of conventional academic disciplines. Computer scientists, psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists, philosophers have all contributed to this exciting synthesis of insight into how the mind works. These insights are all the more useful now in trying to construct artificial human-like systems.

Latest News/Publications

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News
  • Dr. Anveshna Srivastava has been appointed the 2025 Chair of the Doctoral Student Consortium (DSC), which will be conducted as part of the 33rd International Conference on Computers in Education at IIT Madras from December 1st to December 5th, 2025.
    25 Apr, 2025
  • The Department of Cognitive Science, IIT Kanpur invites applications for its MTech. program for the 2025-26 session. Click here to visit the application portal (deadline for applications: 16th April, 2025).
    03 Apr, 2025
  • The Department of Cognitive Science, IIT Kanpur invites applications for its MS (R) and PhD programs for the 2025-26 session. Click here to visit the application portal (deadline for applications: 16th April, 2025 2:00 pm). Announcement for MTech admissions will follow soon.
    03 Apr, 2025
  • Dr. Anveshna Srivastava delivered a talk on 'Learning by Linking: Nurturing through Building Conceptual Connections' in a workshop on 'Early Childhood Education and Care', organized by Kislaya Nursery School at IIT Kanpur.
    29 Mar, 2025
  • Prof. Narayanan Srinivasan was invited to deliver the Durganand Sinha Memorial Lecture at the annual conference of NAOP, held at Christ (Deemed to be University), Ghaziabad.
    27 Feb, 2025
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Recent Publications
  • Santrupti, S, Shevatekar, P., Sarvagya, S., &, Srivastava, A. (Forthcoming, October, 2026). Supportive, but Not Standalone: Learner Interactions with AI-Feedback in a STEM Game. Proceedings of the Frontiers In Education Conference, Cyprus.
  • Tyagi, K., Pandey, V., &, Srivastava, A. (Forthcoming, July 2026). When Motion Wins: Hierarchies of Cognitive Efficiency in Perceptual Grouping. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Number feature distortion causes grammaticality illusion in Hindi Sentences. Gaurja Aeron, Himanshu Yadav, and Mukund Chaudhary. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. 2026.
  • Slow readers capitalize on predictive processing. Himanshu Yadav and Samar Husain. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. 2026.
  • Predictive memory activation attenuates similarity-based interference in verb-final languages. Kanika Sachdeva and Himanshu Yadav. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. 2026.
  • Predictive re-activation of the upcoming verb explains (anti-)locality effects in Hindi. Bhaj Gobindh Raj and Himanshu Yadav. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. 2026.
  • A predictive memory activation model of sentence comprehension. Himanshu Yadav, Bhaj Gobindh Raj, and Kanika Sachdeva. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. 2026.
  • Basu, S., & Srinivasan, N. (2026). Measurement of metacognition of emotional dimensions: A ROC based measurement method for metacognition of valence and arousal. Frontiers in Psychology, 17:1761622.[Link]
  • Francis, Bajpai, Balasubramani, Tiwari, Singh, Chawla, Singh, Chaudhari and Balasubramani (2026). Subtyping Depression using Brain-Gut Electrophysiology for Early Prediction of Antidepressant Response. [Link]
  • Purohit, H. and Srivastava, N. (2026), A Metacognitive Appraisal of Quitting in Chess. Cognitive Science, 50: e70193. [Link]



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