This article reviews the current knowledge state on pragmatic and structural language
abilities in autism and their potential relation to extralinguistic abilities and autistic traits. The …

During social interactions, people tend to automatically align with, or mimic their interactor's
facial expressions, vocalizations, postures and other bodily states. Automatic mimicry might …

We investigated 2 hypotheses of a recently proposed integrative theoretical model of
reading, the direct and indirect effects model of reading (DIER; Kim, 2017b, 2019):(a) …

This article provides a synthesis and overview of a theory of cognitive development, rational
constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …

A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be
described in terms of geometric structures. In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter Gärdenfors …

We propose a new version of the “theory theory” grounded in the computational framework
of probabilistic causal models and Bayesian learning. Probabilistic models allow a …

There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals.
Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the …

Research on theory of mind increasingly encompasses apparently contradictory findings. In
particular, in initial studies, older preschoolers consistently passed false‐belief tasks—a so …

How the Body Shapes the Mind is an interdisciplinary work that addresses philosophical
questions by appealing to evidence found in experimental psychology, neuroscience …

We investigated component language and cognitive skills of oral language comprehension
of narrative texts (ie, listening comprehension). Using the construction–integration model of …