From cognitive models to neurofuzzy systems - the mind space approach. Wlodzislaw Duch Department of Computer Methods, Nicholas Copernicus University, ul. Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland. WWW: http://www.phys.uni.torun.pl/kmk/ Phenomenological theory based on simple concepts related to human cognition is introduced. These concepts are directly related to neurophysiological brain events but may also be extended to explain higher cognitive functions realized by the mind. This theory on the one hand solves fundamental problems in cognitive sciences, explaining puzzling behavior of human conscious experience, and on the other hand leads to useful models of mind in form of neurofuzzy systems. Such systems can compete in pattern recognition and classification tasks with neural networks and can compete in reasoning tasks with the expert systems.