The debate on whether language comprehension involves the manipulation of abstract
symbols or is grounded in perception and action has reached an impasse, with authors from …

A century of investigation into the role of the human frontal lobes in complex cognition,
including language processing, has revealed several interesting but apparently …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

Eye movements are now widely used to investigate cognitive processes during reading,
scene perception, and visual search. In this article, research on the following topics is …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

This evolutionary and cognitive theory of humor seeks to reveal the complex science behind
why we crack up.“A sophisticated analysis... written with clarity, good cheer, and, of course …

Speakers monitor their own speech and, when they discover problems, make repairs. In the
proposal examined here, speakers also monitor addressees for understanding and, when …

Traditionally, prediction has been considered an inefficient and cognitively expensive
processing mechanism in the domain of language comprehension, where there are many …

Whether computational algorithms such as latent semantic analysis (LSA) can both extract
meaning from language and advance theories of human cognition has become a topic of …

Fundamental to all human languages is an unlimited expressive capacity and creative
flexibility that allow speakers to rapidly generate novel and complex utterances. In turn …