Does language change what we perceive? Does speaking different languages cause us to
perceive things differently? We review the behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for …

At first glance, conceptual representations (eg, our internal notion of the object “lemon”)
seem static; we have the impression that there is something that the concept lemon …

Modern machine learning has subverted and bypassed the theoretical framework of
Chomsky's generative approach to linguistics, including its core claims to particular insights …

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

The widespread success of large language models (LLMs) has been met with skepticism
that they possess anything like human concepts or meanings. Contrary to claims that LLMs …

Abstract A Large Language Model (LLM) is an artificial intelligence system trained on vast
amounts of natural language data, enabling it to generate human-like responses to written …

Learning symbols and their arrangement in language involves learning associations across
and within modalities. Research on implicit learning and chunking within modalities (eg NC …

If the structure of language vocabularies mirrors the structure of natural divisions that are
universally perceived, then the meanings of words in different languages should closely …

Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to
space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling …

The way we talk about complex and abstract ideas is suffused with metaphor. In five
experiments, we explore how these metaphors influence the way that we reason about …