The Cognitive Science Branch (CgSB) applies linguistic, statistical, and knowledge-based research and development in the investigation of techniques for improving access to biomedical information. Innovative CgSB research:
- Builds and improves systems that extract biomedical information
from free text
- Seeks to determine the accessibility and
understandability of health information
- Develops systems to help users retrieve and integrate electronic
biomedical information
- Investigates all aspects of creating and disseminating digital
library collections
- Tests theories to enhance or improve current research and development activities
Additionally, branch members actively participate in developing and
maintaining the Unified Medical Language System and collaborate with
research staff to develop automated and semi-automated techniques for
indexing biomedical literature.
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