What is the primary function of consciousness in the nervous system? The answer to this
question remains enigmatic, not so much because of a lack of relevant data, but because of …

Neonatal imitation has rich implications for neuroscience, developmental psychology, and
social cognition, but there is little consensus about this phenomenon. The primary empirical …

A significant contribution to the literature on aesthetics in the last decade has been Bullot
and Reber's ecologically-driven psycho-historical framework for the science of art …

This paper examines the idea that attraction to music is generated at a cognitive level
through the formation and activation of networks of interlinked “nodes.” Although the …

This study investigated the occurrence of interactive alignment between bilingual
interlocutors communicating in a shared second language (L2). Thirty university-level …

Interactive alignment is a phenomenon whereby interlocutors adopt and re-use each other's
language patterns in the course of authentic interaction. According to the interactive …

Humans not only have impressive executive abilities, but we are also fundamentally social
creatures. In the cognitive neuroscience literature, it has long been assumed that executive …

This paper outlines a framework for task representation and discusses applications to
interference tasks in individual and joint settings. The framework is derived from the Theory …

Nonverbal behavior is a powerful form of social influence. People can abstract accurate
meaning from even very brief exposures to nonverbal behavior—a facial expression or …

Previous research has demonstrated that altered auditory feedback (AAF) disrupts music
performance and causes disruptions in both action planning and the perception of feedback …