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Quantity Estimation by Repeated Comparative Judgments 重复比较判断的数量估计。

IF 2.5 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-08-27 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70256

Eivind Kaspersen, Trygve Solstad, Silvester Sabathiel, Jeremy Hodgen

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Conative Dissonance 意动的失调

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Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-08-21 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70258

Bence Nanay

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Shared Principles of Individuation Underpin Object–Event Correspondences Cross-Linguistically 共同的个性化原则支持跨语言的对象-事件对应

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Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70248

Sarah Hye-yeon Lee, Anna Papafragou

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Dependency-Distance Effects Are Not Evidence Against Grammatical Theories With Empty Categories: When Psycholinguistic Data Are Not Diagnostic 依赖-距离效应不是反对空范畴语法理论的证据：当心理语言学数据不具有诊断性时

IF 2.5 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70255

Hiroki Fujita

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Intellectual Humility and Probabilistic Belief 智力谦逊与概率信仰。

IF 2.5 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-08-06 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70250

Logan Nelson, Kathryn McGregor, Tania Lombrozo

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The Falling Tone That Rolls Down the Hill and Gets Slumped: Vertical Mapping of Lexical Tones with Motion and Valence 从山上滚下来的降调：动态和配价的词汇音调的垂直映射。

IF 2.5 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-08-06 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70253

Feier Gao, Chun Hau Ngai, He Zhou

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Feedforward Processing in Early Visual Cortex Underlies the Ebbinghaus Illusion 早期视觉皮层的前馈加工是艾宾浩斯错觉的基础。

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Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-08-03 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70251

Song Zhao, Yi Fang, Mengdie Zhai, Chengzhi Feng, Wenfeng Feng

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When Others Agree More Closely: Judgment Similarity Influences Conformity 当其他人更接近：判断相似影响一致性

IF 2.5 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-07-31 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70252

Haokui Xu, Xingyuan Zhang, Jiaqi Wu, Jun Yin

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Is Chunking Ability Unitary Across Levels of Linguistic Representation? 组块能力在语言表征的各个层次上是统一的吗？

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Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-07-26 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70249

Cristian Rivera, Morten H. Christiansen

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Training Collaborators for Effective Division of Labor 培训合作者，实现有效分工。

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Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2026-07-26 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70247

Fangze Tian, Samuel J. Gershman, Yang Xiang

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