Humans acquire much of their knowledge from the testimony of other people. An
understanding of the way that information can be conveyed via gesture and vocalization is …

The paper introduces a new perspective on abstract concepts (eg “freedom”) and their
associate words representation, the Words As social Tools (WAT) view. Traditional theories …

In this article, we integrate two constructionist approaches—the theory of constructed
emotion and rational constructivism—to introduce several novel hypotheses for …

In spite of the attractiveness of fake news stories, most people are reluctant to share them.
Why? Four pre-registered experiments (N= 3,656) suggest that sharing fake news hurt one's …

In recent de cades there have been several attempts to teach chimpanzees to communicate
via language. One of the most successful programs has involved Kanzi, a male bonobo …

Young children develop causal knowledge through everyday family conversations and
activities. Children's museums are an informative setting for studying the social context of …

Abstract Abstract concepts (“freedom”) differ from concrete ones (“cat”), as they do not have
a bounded, identifiable, and clearly perceivable referent. The way in which abstract …

The human species is more reliant on cultural adaptation than any other species, but it is
unclear how observational learning can give rise to the faithful transmission of cultural …

Research into social learning (learning from others) has expanded significantly in recent
years, not least because of productive interactions between theoretical and empirical …

When risky technologies are debated in the media or when cases of scientific misconduct
are made public, inevitable discussions arise about public loss of trust in science. However …