Although the theoretical framework of cognitive load theory has acknowledged a role for the
learning environment, the specific characteristics of the physical learning environment that …

Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal
symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain's modal systems for perception …

Cognitive-load researchers attempt to engineer the instructional control of cognitive load by
designing methods that substitute productive for unproductive cognitive load. This article …

Progress in psychological science can be limited by a number of factors, not least of which
are the starting assumptions of scientists themselves. We believe that some influential …

Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen
Hargie's Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the …

The question of whether discernible differences exist between liars and truth tellers has
interested professional lie detectors and laypersons for centuries. In this article we discuss …

To address questions about human memory's dependence on the coincidental
environmental contexts in which events occur, we review studies of incidental environmental …

Four theories of the human conceptual system—semantic memory, exemplar models, feed‐
forward connectionist nets, and situated simulation theory—are characterised and …

The face communicates an impressive amount of visual information. We use it to identify its
owner, how they are feeling and to help us understand what they are saying. Models of face …

Various defenses of amodal symbol systems are addressed, including amodal symbols in
sensory-motor areas, the causal theory of concepts, supramodal concepts, latent semantic …