Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather information for the Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security. The fourth workshop focused on the science of cognition and perception, and this publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop.

• Front Matter
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Data and Analysis in the Intelligence Community
• 3 Forecasting and Anticipatory Thinking
• 4 Trust
• 5 Perceptual and Cognitive Constraints
• Appendix A Statement of Task for the Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security
• Appendix B Workshop Agenda
• Appendix C Participants List
• Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members and Presenters