This text presents the basic concepts of modern cognitive psychology in a succinct and
accessible manner. Empirical results, theoretical developments, and current issues are …

Discourse analysis considers how language, both spoken and written, enacts social and
cultural perspectives and identities. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, An …

Further, shared story memories within social groups define particular social selves, which
may bolster or compete with individual remembered selves. Our style of presentation is …

Transnational governance schemes (TGSs) are interorganizational networks of public
and/or private actors that jointly regulate global public policy issues, such as the prevention …

This book attempts to examine the concept of semantic frames, one of the most important
concepts of Cognitive Linguistics, and place it in the overall context of linguistics and …

“Reading” competence is at risk, or so reports (in the United States at least) from the
National Endowment from the Humanities (NEA, 2004), popular press, and news reports …

This book is the third volume in a series that provides a hands-on perspective on the
evolving theories associated with Roger Schank and his students. The primary focus of this …

We used TMS to investigate the contribution of left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) and posterior
middle temporal gyrus (pMTG) to lexical/semantic selection and retrieval processes using a …

A constant theme in Jean Mandler's work is that a child's developing knowledge is grounded
in sensory—motor experiences of events (eg, Mandler, 1987, 1992). Rather than being …

The aim of the present paper is to discuss recent evidence from cognitive psychology and
cognitive neuroscience that bear on the cognitive and neural processes underlying creative …