The central question in research on linguistic relativity, or the Whorfian hypothesis, is
whether people who speak different languages think differently. The recent resurgence of …

Whether computational algorithms such as latent semantic analysis (LSA) can both extract
meaning from language and advance theories of human cognition has become a topic of …

Cross-culturele psychologie is de studie van de relaties tussen menselijk gedrag en de
culturele context. In dit handboek komen alle vormen van gedrag aan bod, de belangrijkste …

Linguistic interaction between two people is the fundamental form of communication, yet
almost all research in language use focuses on isolated speakers and listeners. In this …

Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration
opens up. Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human …

The title of this chapter invokes a vast intellectual panorama; yet instead of vistas, I will offer
only a twisting trail. The trail begins with some quite surprising crosscultural and …

A talking body part, a character that is simultaneously alive and dead, a shape-changing
setting, or time travel: although impossible in the real world, such narrative elements do …

Abstract The Cognition Hypothesis of task-based language learning proposes that
pedagogic tasks be sequenced for learners largely on the basis of increases in their …

Knowledge representation is fundamental to the study of mind. All theories of psychological
processing are rooted in assumptions about how information is stored. These assumptions …

Although people can take spatial perspectives different from their own, it is widely assumed
that egocentric perspectives are natural and have primacy. Two studies asked respondents …