<p>It's a pretty rare major, and it resembles neuroscience quite a lot. However, cognitive science is less biology and more psychology.</p>
<p>There's an explanation here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/568681-cognitive-science-major-vs-neuroscience-major.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/568681-cognitive-science-major-vs-neuroscience-major.html</a></p>
<p>My ideal job is to run experiments basically testing human nature or certain mental disabilities, I suppose.</p>
<p>For your stated interest, you will need to plan on graduate school to obtain a PhD. This could be a PhD in cognitive science or in related fields, e.g., linguistics, ed psych, etc.</p>
<p>Cognitive science is a liberal arts major and what you can do with it is similar to other liberal arts majors at the undergrad level. If you want to put an applied focus on it and improve employability prospects, consider a minor or double major with another field. Some possibilities are: education (instructional design, training/adult education, math education, etc.); human factors psychology/engineering; computer science; applied linguistics; technical communication; speech & hearing sciences; applied gerontology; etc. Even so, you may still need to get a master’s in one of these areas.</p>