Addressing Longstanding Challenges in Cognitive Science with Language Models
Dirk U. Wulff, Rui Mata · Oct 31, 2025 · Citations: 0
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Abstract
Cognitive science faces ongoing challenges in research integration, formalization, conceptual clarity, and other areas, in part due to its multifaceted and interdisciplinary nature. Recent advances in artificial intelligence, particularly the development of language models, offer tools that may help to address these longstanding issues. We outline the current capabilities and limitations of language models in these domains, including potential pitfalls. Taken together, we conclude that language models could serve as tools for a more integrative and cumulative cognitive science when used judiciously to complement, rather than replace, human agency.