Most research on mind-wandering has characterized it as a mental state with contents that
are task unrelated or stimulus independent. However, the dynamics of mind-wandering …

Philosopher Ned Block argues in this book that there is a" joint in nature" between
perception and cognition and that by exploring the nature of that joint, one can solve …

This paper argues that our awareness of the mental states of other agents is often
perceptual in character. It draws partly on recent experimental findings concerning …

We suggest that there is confusion between why consciousness developed and what
additional functions, through continued evolution, it has co-opted. Consider episodic …

The book investigates theories and measures of working memory in second language
learning, processing and development. Research syntheses, theoretical perspectives and …

To say you are in a state that is (phenomenally) conscious is to say—on a certain
understanding of these terms—that you have an experience, or a state there is something it's …

A number of two-systems accounts have been proposed to explain the apparent
discrepancy between infants' early success in nonverbal mindreading tasks, on the one …

This chapter examines the proposal of “working memory (WM) as language aptitude”.
Specifically, it summarizes how the multiple components and functions of WM contribute to …

After an introductory section, this article will focus on four questions: How should the Kyoto
School be defined? What is meant by its central philosophical concept of “absolute …

When the costs of acquiring knowledge outweigh the benefits of possessing it, ignorance is
rational. In this paper I clarify and explore a related but more neglected phenomenon: cases …