認知心理學是對“注意力、語言使用、記憶、感知、解決問題、創造力和思維”等心理過程的科學研究。許多來自認知心理學的研究成果已經被整合到其他現代學科中，如認知科學和心理學研究，包括教育心理學、社會心理學、人格心理學、變態心理學、發展心理學、語言學和經濟學。

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.