What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Epistemology
- Cognitive science
- Cognition
Patricia Smith Churchland spends much of her time researching Cognition, Epistemology, Cognitive science, Neuroscience and Computational neuroscience.
As a member of one scientific family, Patricia Smith Churchland mostly works in the field of Cognition, focusing on Cognitive psychology and, on occasion, Social cognition and Social neuroscience.
Her work on Morality and religion and Morality as part of her general Epistemology study is frequently connected to Social life and Index, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.
Her work carried out in the field of Cognitive science brings together such families of science as Context, Neurophilosophy, Visual perception, Brain research and Self.
Her Context research incorporates elements of Glossary, Perception and Functionalism.
Her Computational neuroscience research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Artificial neural network and Neuroinformatics.
Her most cited work include:
- The Computational Brain (1324 citations)
- Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain (833 citations)
- Perspectives on cognitive neuroscience (378 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Cognitive science, Epistemology, Consciousness, Cognition and Cognitive psychology.
Her work deals with themes such as Visual perception, Neuroscience, Perception and Neurophilosophy, which intersect with Cognitive science.
In general Epistemology, her work in Physicalism, Metaphysics, Materialism and Philosophy of mind is often linked to Nuclear transmutation linking many areas of study.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Social psychology, Self, Free will and Reductionism in addition to Consciousness.
Her research investigates the connection between Cognition and topics such as Artificial intelligence that intersect with issues in Natural language processing.
Patricia Smith Churchland combines subjects such as Developmental psychology, Imitation, Analogy, Oxytocin and Morality with her study of Cognitive psychology.
She most often published in these fields:
- Cognitive science (26.32%)
- Epistemology (21.93%)
- Consciousness (17.54%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2008-2020)?
- Cognitive psychology (14.91%)
- Morality (12.28%)
- Psychoanalysis (9.65%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Her primary areas of investigation include Cognitive psychology, Morality, Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and Cognition.
Her Cognitive psychology research integrates issues from Perception, Immorality, Imitation, Analogy and Social cognitive theory.
While the research belongs to areas of Psychoanalysis, Patricia Smith Churchland spends her time largely on the problem of Consciousness, intersecting her research to questions surrounding Social psychology, Soul and Neurophilosophy.
Her work on Computational neuroscience and Neuroinformatics as part of general Neuroscience study is frequently linked to Exploit and Plasticity, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.
In her research, Context, Social cognition, Mentalization and Social neuroscience is intimately related to Oxytocin, which falls under the overarching field of Cognition.
Within one scientific family, she focuses on topics pertaining to Empathy under Epistemology, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Free will.
Between 2008 and 2020, her most popular works were:
- Modulating social behavior with oxytocin: How does it work? What does it mean? (312 citations)
- Problems with measuring peripheral oxytocin: can the data on oxytocin and human behavior be trusted? (279 citations)
- Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality (238 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Epistemology
- Cognition
- Cognitive science
Her main research concerns Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Morality, Neuroscience and Social psychology.
Her Cognition research includes themes of Developmental psychology, Expression, Gene, Human brain and Oxytocin.
Her Developmental psychology study incorporates themes from Context and Social neuroscience, Social cognition.
Her work on Morality and religion as part of general Morality research is frequently linked to Social life, Index and Criticism, bridging the gap between disciplines.
Her study in the fields of Computational neuroscience and Neuroscience research under the domain of Neuroscience overlaps with other disciplines such as Data type, Cultural shift and Information Dissemination.
Her studies deal with areas such as Personal life and Unconscious mind as well as Social psychology.
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