Mental module

With module is called in the Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, a functional unit, regardless of the neuronal organization.

In the human brain, for example, there are modules for language for mathematical thinking, for psychological skills as well as for many other cognitive functions. The brain areas that are active, do not have to be spatially defined neuronal units. Instead, in all these functions different regions are usually active. The term module therefore describes more abstract unit. In recent years, however, increasingly uses the term "cognitive domain " through.