Androcentrism refers to the propensity to center society around men and men's needs,
priorities, and values and to relegate women to the periphery. Androcentrism also positions …

The study of explanation, while related to intuitive theories, concepts, and mental models,
offers important new perspectives on high-level thought. Explanations sort themselves into …

A long tradition of psychological research has explored the distinction between
characteristics that are part of the self and those that lie outside of it. Recently, a surge of …

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 …

Essentialism is the idea that certain categories, such as" dog,"" man," or" intelligence," have
an underlying reality or true nature that gives objects their identity. Where does this idea …

Over recent years, the psychology of concepts has been rejuvenated by new work on
prototypes, inventive ideas on causal cognition, the development of neo-empiricist theories …

Four theories of the human conceptual system—semantic memory, exemplar models, feed‐
forward connectionist nets, and situated simulation theory—are characterised and …

The belief that individuals have a “true self” plays an important role in many areas of
psychology as well as everyday life. The present studies demonstrate that people have a …

People's beliefs about normality play an important role in many aspects of cognition and life
(eg, causal cognition, linguistic semantics, cooperative behavior). But how do people …

Understanding complex systems is fundamental to understanding science. The complexity
of such systems makes them very difficult to understand because they are composed of …