Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal
symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain's modal systems for perception …

“Serendipity” has both a classical origin in literature and a more modern manifestation
where it is found in the descriptions of the problem solving and knowledge acquisition of …

Seven principles that can help to improve undergraduate education are identified. Based on
research on college teaching and learning, good practice in undergraduate education:(1) …

The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before,
from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many …

Models are of central importance in many scientific contexts. The centrality of models such
as inflationary models in cosmology, general-circulation models of the global climate, the …

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Cognitive science approaches the study of mind and intelligence from an interdisciplinary
perspective, working at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence …

Teaching by examples and cases is widely used to promote learning, but it varies widely in
its effectiveness. The authors test an adaptation to case-based learning that facilitates …

An account that analyzes the dynamic reasoning processes implicated in a fundamental
problem of creativity in science: how does genuine novelty emerge from existing …

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the nature of models and their uses in
the science classroom based on a theoretical review of literature. The ideas that science …