▁became ▁known ▁collect ively ▁as ▁cogn itive ▁science . ▁The ▁relevant ▁areas ▁of ▁inter change ▁were ▁between ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁psych ology , ▁lingu istics , ▁computer ▁science , ▁anth rop ology , ▁neu ros cience , ▁and ▁philosophy . ▁They ▁used ▁approaches ▁developed ▁within ▁the ▁then - nas cent ▁fields ▁of ▁artificial ▁intelligence , ▁computer ▁science , ▁and ▁neu ros cience . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁the ▁Harvard ▁Center ▁for ▁C ogn itive ▁Studies ▁and ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁Human ▁Information ▁Process ing ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California ▁San ▁Diego ▁were ▁influ ential ▁in ▁developing ▁the ▁academic ▁study ▁of ▁cogn itive ▁science . ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁the ▁cogn itive ▁movement ▁had ▁sur pass ed ▁behavior ism ▁as ▁a ▁psych ological ▁parad ig m . ▁Furthermore , ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁the ▁cogn itive ▁approach ▁had ▁become ▁the ▁dominant ▁line ▁of ▁research ▁inqu iry ▁across ▁most ▁branches ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁psych ology . ▁ ▁A ▁key ▁goal ▁of ▁early ▁cogn itive ▁psych ology ▁was ▁to ▁apply ▁the ▁scientific ▁method ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁human ▁cogn ition . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁ideas ▁and ▁develop ments ▁from ▁the ▁cogn itive ▁revolution ▁were ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁method ▁in ▁cogn itive ▁science ▁research , ▁the ▁necessity ▁of ▁mental ▁systems ▁to ▁process ▁sens ory ▁input , ▁the ▁inn aten ess ▁of ▁these ▁systems , ▁and ▁the ▁mod ular ity ▁of ▁the ▁mind . ▁Import ant ▁publications ▁in ▁trigger