People use language to shape each other9s behavior in highly flexible ways. Effects of
language are often assumed to be “high-level” in that, whereas language clearly influences …

Predictive processing is a critical component of language comprehension, but exactly how
and why comprehenders generate lexical predictions remains to be determined. Here, we …

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, striking public health measures have been
implemented to encourage physical distancing in order to slow the spread of disease …

The problem of representation of abstract concepts, such as 'freedom'and 'justice', has
become particularly crucial in recent years, owing to the increased success of embodied and …

Cognitive warfare—controlling others' mental states and behaviors by manipulating
environmental stimuli—is a significant and ever-evolving issue in global conflict and …

The problem of whether and how information is integrated across hierarchical brain
networks embodies a fundamental tension in contemporary cognitive neuroscience, and by …

It is argued that during ongoing visual perception, the brain is generating top-down
predictions to facilitate, guide and constrain the processing of incoming sensory input. Here …

Highlights•An instance of emotion is constructed using generative patterns of past
experience.•Every instance can combine features from multiple emotion categories.•The …

The capability to form and use concepts is a core component of human cognition. Although
all concepts are grounded in sensorimotor processes, more abstract concepts (eg,“truth”) …

Theories of emotion have often maintained artificial boundaries: for instance, that cognition
and emotion are separable, and that an emotion concept is separable from the emotional …