A cognitive module in cognitive psychology is a specialized tool or sub-unit that can be used by other parts to resolve cognitive tasks. It is used in...

Scientists can interpret this information to explain how there is a single cognitive module for word comprehension. From studies like these, researchers infer...

extent that it constitutes a specific cognitive skill or area in cognition. The notion of a dedicated language module in the human brain originated with...

taken the position that language resides within its private cognitive module, while 'Cognitive Linguistics' goes to the opposite extreme by claiming that...

the encapsulation of the processes inside the module from both cognitive influence and from cognitive access. One example is that conscious awareness...

complex cognitive strategies used to effectively maneuver through social situations. Furthermore, according to the social-cognitive perspective, cognitive processes...

fundamental question is whether cognitive functions, for example visual processing and language, are autonomous modules, or to what extent the functions...

Thought—Rational") is a cognitive architecture mainly developed by John Robert Anderson and Christian Lebiere at Carnegie Mellon University. Like any cognitive architecture...

A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment. Individuals create their own "subjective reality" from their...

called cognitive modules, or psychological adaptations which are shaped by natural selection. Examples include language-acquisition modules, incest-avoidance...