Adult semantic memory has been traditionally conceptualized as a relatively static memory
system that consists of knowledge about the world, concepts, and symbols. Considerable …

It is often said that there are two types of psychological processes: one that is intentional,
controllable, conscious, and inefficient, and another that is unintentional, uncontrollable …

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a
relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in …

A meta-analysis assessed the behavioral impact of and psychological processes associated
with presenting words connected to an action or a goal representation. The average and …

In the 1970s, memory researchers converged on interesting phenomena observed in
Korsakoff-syndrome amnesic patients. These patients' performances on difficult tasks were …

Cognitive biases, such as the anchoring bias, pose a serious challenge to rational accounts
of human cognition. We investigate whether rational theories can meet this challenge by …

Evidence has amassed from both animal intracranial recordings and human
electrophysiology that neural oscillatory mechanisms play a critical role in a number of …

Winner of the 2011 Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Exploring fluency from multiple vantage
points that together constitute a cognitive science perspective, this book examines research …

In this article we argue that self-deception evolved to facilitate interpersonal deception by
allowing people to avoid the cues to conscious deception that might reveal deceptive intent …

Beginning to Read reconciles the debate that has divided theorists for decades over what is
the" right" way to help children learn to read. Beginning to Read reconciles the debate that …