Currently, production and comprehension are regarded as quite distinct in accounts of
language processing. In rejecting this dichotomy, we instead assert that producing and …

One reason for the apparent gulf between animal and human communication systems is that
the focus has been on the presence or the absence of language as a complex expressive …

The bouba/kiki effect—the association of the nonce word bouba with a round shape and kiki
with a spiky shape—is a type of correspondence between speech sounds and visual …

Cognitive linguists and psychologists have often argued that language is best understood as
an association network; however while the network view of language has had a significant …

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and
language to science and technology. How did the human mind—and the uniquely human …

Memory is fleeting. New material rapidly obliterates previous material. How, then, can the
brain deal successfully with the continual deluge of linguistic input? We argue that, to deal …

Culture suffuses all aspects of human life. It shapes our minds and bodies and has provided
a cumulative inheritance of knowledge, skills, institutions, and artifacts that allows us to truly …

Determining the intentionality of primate communication is critical to understanding the
evolution of human language. Although intentional signalling has been claimed for some …

Leading neuroscientists and architects explore how the built environment affects our
behavior, thoughts, emotions, and well-being. Although we spend more than ninety percent …

The presence of divergent and independent research traditions in the gestural and vocal
domains of primate communication has resulted in major discrepancies in the definition and …