Natural language is often seen as the single factor that explains the cognitive singularity of
the human species. Instead, we propose that humans possess multiple internal languages …

Motor learning encompasses a wide range of phenomena, ranging from relatively low-level
mechanisms for maintaining calibration of our movements, to making high-level cognitive …

Any mature field of research in psychology—such as short-term/working memory—is
characterized by a wealth of empirical findings. It is currently unrealistic to expect a theory to …

In various cultures and at all spatial scales, humans produce a rich complexity of geometric
shapes such as lines, circles or spirals. Here, we propose that humans possess a language …

This Review of Chemistry Education Research (CER) provides an overview of the
development of research in chemistry education from the early days, when ideas about how …

A commonly expressed view is that short-term memory (STM) is nothing more than activated
long-term memory. If true, this would overturn a central tenet of cognitive psychology—the …

Although sentences unfold sequentially, one word at a time, most linguistic theories propose
that their underlying syntactic structure involves a tree of nested phrases rather than a linear …

Much scholarship in chemical education draws upon the model of there being three 'levels'
at which the teaching and learning of chemistry operates, a notion which is often …

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 …

Among primates, humans are special in their ability to create and manipulate highly
elaborate structures of language, mathematics, and music. Here we show that this sensitivity …