Below are some notable researchers in cognitive science.

Computer science

Linguistics

Neuroscience

Philosophy

Psychology

Other categories

• Alfredo Ardila (neuroscience, neuropsychology, anthropology, evolution of cognition)
• Scott Atran (cognitive anthropology)
• Joscha Bach (cognitive science)
• Frederic Bartlett (psychology, social anthropology)
• Justin L. Barrett (cognitive psychology, cognitive anthropology)
• Marc Bekoff (biology, cognitive ethology, behavioral ecology)
• Maurice Bloch (cognitive anthropology)
• Maggie Boden (cognitive science)
• Pascal Boyer (cognitive anthropology)
• Per Aage Brandt (cognitive semiotics)
• Brian Butterworth (speech, dyslexia, mathematics)
• Michael Cole (comparative cognition, cognitive psychology, cultural psychology)
• Frederick L. Coolidge (evolutionary cognitive archaeology, cognitive evolution, behavior genetics)
• Roy D'Andrade (cognitive anthropology)
• Terrence Deacon (neuroanthropology, linguistics)
• Merlin Donald (psychology, anthropology, historical evolution of cognition)
• Fernando Flores (computer science, philosophy)
• John Gowlett (evolutionary cognitive archaeology, evolutionary anthropology)
• Tom Griffiths (computer science, psychology)
• Christopher Robert Hallpike (anthropology)
• Yuval Noah Harari (cognitive evolution, philosophy of artificial intelligence)
• Brian Hare (evolutionary anthropology, evolution of cognition)
• Friedrich Hayek (cognitive psychology, philosophy of perception)
• Cecilia Heyes (cognitive evolution)
• Ludwig Huber (cognitive evolution, cognitive biology)
• Thomas Huffman (ideational cognitive archaeology)
• Edwin Hutchins (cognitive anthropology)
• Paul Jorion (anthropology, sociology)
• Jean Lave (situated cognition, social anthropology)
• Stephen C. Levinson (linguistics, anthropology, psychology)
• David Lewis-Williams (ideational cognitive archaeology)
• Aleksandr Luria (psychology, neuroscience, anthropology)
• Lambros Malafouris (evolutionary cognitive archaeology, philosophy of mind)
• Humberto Maturana (neuroscience, biology of cognition, philosophy)
• Douglas Medin (cognitive psychology, anthropology)
• Steven Mithen (ideational cognitive archaeology)
• Rafael E. Núñez (philosophy of mathematics, linguistics, anthropology)
• Karenleigh A. Overmann (evolutionary cognitive archaeology, cognitive evolution, ethnomathematics, numeracy, literacy)
• Zenon Pylyshyn (engineering, psychology, philosophy)
• Naomi Quinn (cognitive anthropology)
• Colin Renfrew (evolutionary cognitive archaeology, neuroarchaeology)
• Bradd Shore (cognitive anthropology)
• Richard Shweder (cognitive anthropology)
• Dan Sperber (cognitive anthropology)
• Joshua Tenenbaum (computer science, psychology)
• Hideto Tomabechi (brain science, psychophysics, bioinformatics, intelligent informatics, speech recognition, cognitive neuro-engineering)
• Francisco Varela (neuroscience, philosophy)
• Frans de Waal (ethology, primatology, psychology)
• Étienne Wenger (situated cognition, education)
• James V. Wertsch (cognitive psychology, cultural anthropology)
• Douglas White (anthropology)
• Harvey Whitehouse (social anthropology, cognitive psychology, cultural psychology)
• Richard Wrangham (evolutionary anthropology)
• Thomas G. Wynn (evolutionary cognitive archaeology, cognitive evolution, neuroaesthetics)
• Eviatar Zerubavel (cognitive sociology)
• Jennifer Dustow (cognitive behavioral learning specialist)

See also

• List of cognitive neuroscientists
• List of cognitive psychologists
• List of computer scientists
• List of Jean Nicod Prize laureates
• List of linguists
• List of neuroscientists
• List of philosophers
• Thinking-related topics