To date, the application of semantic network methodologies to study cognitive processes in
psychological phenomena has been limited in scope. One barrier to broader application is …

A series of recent studies have shown that the once-assumed cognitive advantage of
bilingualism finds little support in the evidence available to date. Surprisingly, however, the …

The associative theory of creativity has long held that creative thinking involves connecting
remote concepts in semantic memory. Network science tools have recently been applied to …

In this review, we evaluate the claim that translanguaging in the classroom supports the
development of the bilingual lexicon by enhancing cross-linguistic transfer. To address this …

Cognitive scientists have a long-standing interest in quantifying the structure of semantic
memory. Here, we investigate whether a commonly used paradigm to study the structure of …

Creativity involves search processes that operate over semantic memory (our system of
knowledge), generating creative ideas by connecting ideas or concepts that are far away …

Openness to Experience is most strongly related to aspects of high-level cognition, such as
creativity. Yet, the role of cognitive capacities in Openness is still far from understood. We …

This study seeks to delve into the potential role of divergent thinking, a component of
creativity, in second language learning. Specifically, we compare the use of lexical …

Categorization is an essential cognitive activity to make sense of the world. Category-
generating and word association studies help us elucidate how learners organize words in …

Music is a complex system consisting of many dimensions and hierarchically organized
information—the organization of which, to date, we do not fully understand. Network science …