LICKLIDER'S FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS IN THE "MAN-COMPUTER SYMBIOSIS" REEMERGE IN THE CONCEPTS OF COGNITIVE COMPUTING: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY José Reinaldo Silva Mechatronics Engineering Department at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) reinaldo@usp.br Walter Teixeira Lima Junior Postgraduate Program in Environmental Sciences at Federal University of Amapa (Brazil) Postgraduate Program in Communication, Culture, and Amazon rainforest at Federal University of Para (Brazil) walter.lima@unifap.br Nilberto Machado de Sá Mechatronics Engineering Department at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) nilberto.machado@usp.br Abstract: During the last decades, the model based on the subordinate relationship between man- machines have been influenced by multidisciplinary thinking by a group assembled by Norbert Wiener: Cybernetics. This think-tank thought on the computational systems to help the human being to find, store, retrieve and organize information in order to optimize tasks. In 1960, different from Cybernetics's technological way, J.C.R. Licklider published the seminal paper "Man-computer symbiosis", proposing that man and computer complement each other into a mutual cooperation. The technological vision envisaged by him claimed that human brains and computing machines will be coupled together very tightly, resulting in a partnership. Nowadays, after almost 60 years, this symbiotic vision of partnership between computational machines and the human being is very close to the Cognitive Computing thinking, which creates systems fundamentally to change the way humans and systems interact and significantly extend the capabilities of humans by leveraging their ability to provide expert assistance. In order to investigate the evolution of the concept man-machine symbiosis to the current days, the article analyzes how Licklider's concepts are being updated to new scientific emergent fields, as Cognitive Computing. For that, we used a statistic study of bibliometric citations and clusters of citations has occurred since 1960 using CiteSpace. The research points out that the citations about Licklider's seminal paper started to happen more strongly in 2004 and by LLR (Log- Likelihood Ratio) algorithm was detected clusters that connection with the concepts contained in the paper related to Cognitive Computing and Cognitive Model. In our conclusion, despite the disappearance of Licklider's thoughts due to the strength of the master-slave model proposed and implemented by Cybernetics, new types of cognitive systems are emerging based on the possibility of a real cognitive man-machine symbiosis, a next step in the relationship between man and machines. Keywords: Interaction; human being; computational machine; symbiosis; Licklider.