Working memory limits are best defined in terms of the complexity of the relations that can be
processed in parallel. Complexity is defined as the number of related dimensions or sources …

The development of the concept of feature binding as fundamental to neural dynamics has
made possible recent advances in the modeling of difficult problems of perception and brain …

Human cognition is unique in the way in which it relies on combinatorial (or compositional)
structures. Language provides ample evidence for the existence of combinatorial structures …

Two experiments tested predictions from a theory in which processing load depends on
relational complexity (RC), the number of variables related in a single decision. Tasks from …

This thesis is motivated by the observation that narratives about abstract plans and events
are often lled with words and constructions that pertain to spatial motion and manipulation …

We are capable of drawing a variety of inferences effortlessly, spontaneously, and with
remarkable efficiency—as though these inferences are a reflex response of our cognitive …

The most predominant language processing theories have, for some time, been based
largely on structured knowledge and relatively simple rules. These symbolic models …

This chapter focuses on the role of meaning in the comprehension of text. It discusses some
of the literature on accessing word meaning, but with an emphasis on how access relates to …

This book is based on the workshop on New Approaches to Learning for Natural Language
Processing, held in conjunction with the International Joint Conference on Artificial …

On reading the first few pages of Allan G. Johnson's book, The Forest and the Trees:
Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise, I was immediately struck by the fact that we have …