The study of explanation, while related to intuitive theories, concepts, and mental models,
offers important new perspectives on high-level thought. Explanations sort themselves into …

Tip** points—where a small perturbation triggers a large response—can occur in many
complex environmental systems. They produce abrupt and sometimes irreversible change …

Drawing on the philosophy of psychological explanation, we suggest that psychological
science, by focusing on effects, may lose sight of its primary explananda: psychological …

This target article presents a new computational theory of explanatory coherence that
applies to the acceptance and rejection of scientific hypotheses as well as to reasoning in …

Efforts to bridge emotion theory with neurobiology can be facilitated by dynamic systems
(DS) modeling. DS principles stipulate higher-order wholes emerging from lower-order …

How do scientists develop new explanations of disease? How do those explanations
become accepted as true? And how does medical diagnosis change when physicians are …

Although (opportunity) beliefs are becoming increasingly recognized as fundamental to
understanding entrepreneurial cognition and strategic action, little is understood about the …

Contrary to standard assumptions, reasoning is often an emotional process. Emotions can
have good effects, as when a scientist gets excited about a line of research and pursues it …

Beliefs can be highly resilient in the sense that they are not easily abandoned in the face of
counterevidence. This has the advantage of guiding consistent behavior and judgments but …

A cognitive science perspective on scientific development, drawing on philosophy,
psychology, neuroscience, and computational modeling. Many disciplines, including …