When we use language to communicate, we must choose what to say, what not to say, and
how to say it. That is, we must decide how to frame the message. These linguistic choices …

Causal cognition emerges early in development and confers an important advantage for
survival. But does this mean that it is universal in humans? Our cross-disciplinary review …

abstract Having a central scientific language remains crucial for advancing and globally
sharing science. Nevertheless, maintaining one dominant language also creates barriers to …

This article develops a cultural and contextual approach to studying agency that attends to
variation in how people narrate their experiences. Drawing on the large-scale, nationally …

Does eye-witness memory differ depending on the language one speaks? We examined
English and Spanish speakers' descriptions of intentional and accidental events, and their …

When bad things happen, how do we decide who is to blame and how much they should be
punished? In the present studies, we examined whether subtly different linguistic …

Multilingualism is an ever-present feature in political contexts around the world, including
multilingual states and international organizations. Increasingly, consequential political …

After introducing the new field of cultural evolution, we review a growing body of empirical
evidence suggesting that culture shapes what people attend to, perceive and remember as …

In this paper, we examine some of the conceptual, pragmatic and moral dilemmas intrinsic to
psychosomatic explanation in medicine, psychiatry and psychology. Psychosomatic …

A crucial component of event recognition is understanding event roles, ie who acted on
whom: boy hitting girl is different from girl hitting boy. We often categorize Agents (ie the …