认知心理学是对“注意力、语言使用、记忆、感知、解决问题、创造力和思维”等心理过程的科学研究。许多来自认知心理学的研究成果已经被整合到其他现代学科中，如认知科学和心理学研究，包括教育心理学、社会心理学、人格心理学、变态心理学、发展心理学、语言学和经济学。
Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking".[1] Much of the work derived from cognitive psychology has been integrated into various other modern disciplines such as Cognitive Science and of psychological study, including educational psychology, social psychology, personality psychology, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, linguistics, and economics.