In recent years, scientists have increasingly taken to investigate the predictive nature of
cognition. We argue that prediction relies on abstraction, and thus theories of predictive …

We leverage the notion that abstraction enables prediction to generate novel insights and
hypotheses for the literatures on attitudes and mate preferences. We suggest that ideas …

Behavioral and Brain Sciences - Commentary on Gilead, Trope & Liberman Touch me if you
can: the intangible but grounded natu Page 1 1 Behavioral and Brain Sciences - Commentary …

A crucial aspect of Gilead and colleagues' ontology is the dichotomy between tangible and
intangible representations, but the latter remains rather ill-defined. We propose a …

Gilead et al. state that abstraction supports mental travel, and that mental travel critically
relies on abstraction. I propose an important addition to this theoretical framework, namely …

We propose that abstraction is an interpersonal process and serves a social function.
Research on shared reality shows that in communication, people raise their level of …

In their scholarly target article, Gilead et al. explain how abstract mental representations and
the predictive brain enable prospection and time-traveling. However, their exclusive focus …

Hierarchical structures are rapidly and flexibly built up in the domains of human language
and music. These domains require a tree-building capacity–“dendrophilia”–to dynamically …

Predictive processing models of psychopathologies are not explanatorily consistent with the
present account of abstract thought. These models are based on latent variables …

Although many simulations draw upon only one level of abstraction, the process for
generating rich simulations requires a dynamic interplay between abstract and concrete …