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 …

Humans often represent and reason about unrealized possible actions–the vast infinity of
things that were not (or have not yet been) chosen. This capacity is central to the most …

Philosopher Ned Block argues in this book that there is a" joint in nature" between
perception and cognition and that by exploring the nature of that joint, one can solve …

Mental representations remain the central posits of psychology after many decades of
scrutiny. However, there is no consensus about the representational format (s) of biological …

This article provides a synthesis and overview of a theory of cognitive development, rational
constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …

Studies on human reasoning have long established that intuitions can bias inference and
lead to violations of logical norms. Popular dual-process models, which characterize …

How do humans develop the capacity to reason? In five studies, we examined infants'
emerging ability to make exclusion inferences using negation, as in the disjunctive syllogism …

El cerebro humano es una máquina extraordinaria, capaz de transformarse a sí misma a
partir de la experiencia y de albergar talentos que nos vuelven únicos como especie …

Abstract “What is the structure of thought?” is as central a question as any in cognitive
science. A classic answer to this question has appealed to a Language of Thought (LoT) …

When perceptually available information is scant, we can leverage logical connections
among hypotheses to draw reliable conclusions that guide our reasoning and learning. We …