Learning is using past experiences to inform new behaviors and actions. Because all
experiences are unique, learning always requires some generalization. An effective way of …

The world contains not only objects and features (red apples, glass bowls, wooden tables),
but also relations holding between them (apples contained in bowls, bowls supported by …

Mental time travel (MTT) is defined as projecting the self into the past and the future. Despite
growing evidence of the similarities of remembering past and imagining future events …

Replay in the brain has been viewed as rehearsal or, more recently, as sampling from a
transition model. Here, we propose a new hypothesis: that replay is able to implement a form …

We review psychological research bearing on major theories of metaphor comprehension. A
broad survey of behavioral studies is coupled with findings from recent meta-analyses of …

One goal of researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence is to build
theoretical models that are able to explain the flexibility and adaptiveness of biological …

This article proposes an integrated theory of acquisition of knowledge about whole numbers
and fractions. Although whole numbers and fractions differ in many ways that influence their …

This article describes a 2-systems model that explains social behavior as a joint function of
reflective and impulsive processes. In particular, it is assumed that social behavior is …

Despite the accumulation of substantial cognitive science research relevant to education,
there remains confusion and controversy in the application of research to educational …

An analogy is a comparison between two objects, or systems of objects, that highlights
respects in which they are thought to be similar. Analogical reasoning is any type of thinking …