Browsing Faculty of Psychology by Journals "Perspectives on Psychological Science"
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The cultural fabric of human causal cognition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Causal cognition emerges early in development and confers an important advantage for survival. But does this mean that it is universal in humans? Our cross-disciplinary review suggests a broad evolutionary basis for core ... -
Illusory Essences: A Bias Holding Back Theorizing in Psychological Science
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The reliance in psychology on verbal definitions means that psychological research is unusually moored to how humans think and communicate about categories. Psychological concepts (e.g., intelligence, attention) are easily ... -
Sex/Gender Differences in Verbal Fluency and Verbal-Episodic Memory: A Meta-Analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Women are thought to fare better in verbal abilities, especially in verbal-fluency and verbal-memory tasks. However, the last meta-analysis on sex/gender differences in verbal fluency dates from 1988. Although verbal memory ...