Scope: This collection deals with the rising importance and development of cognitive science as a dynamic, interdisciplinary field involving the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.

C&C pre-conference registration is free, though space is limited. The meeting is associated with the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. The Culture & Cognition pre-conference will also offer ...

A new study suggests that the language a bilingual person speaks can affect their physical sensations, depending on the cultural association tied to each vernacular. We take for granted the fact that ...

All human societies use language. As far as we know, they always have. Over the course of history, humans have written nearly 130 million books, containing over half a trillion words. The average ...

The study of linguistic cognition takes you into the heart of the mind. Cognitive linguists examine the language that we use to tell stories, describe feelings and sensory experiences, collaborate ...

Angela Gutchess is a professor of psychology at Brandeis University with appointments in neuroscience and the Volen Center for Complex Systems. Her research interests include studying the influences ...

“It is neither possible nor desirable to study any part of the psychobiological system in isolation from the rest of the system” —Silvan Tomkins, 1981 (in Demos, 1995, p. 50) Over the past many months ...

Human cognition and cultural norms have changed the composition of human portraits, according to a new analysis of European paintings from the 15th to the 20th century. Throughout history, portraits ...

College of Science students demonstrate an understanding of world cultures and languages through completion of the Language and Culture requirement. This core degree requirement is met through ...

"Holiday" or "vacation", "to start" or "to begin", "my friend's cat" or "the cat of my friend"—in our language, there are different ways of expressing the same things and concepts. But can the choice ...