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Least Effort and Alignment in Task-Oriented Communication 任务导向沟通中的最小努力与一致性

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70062

Polyphony Bruna, Christopher Kello

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Correction to "Cognitive science from the perspective of linguistic diversity" 对 "从语言多样性的角度看认知科学 "的更正

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70063

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Losing Phonotactic Distinctions in Context 在语境中失去音素分辨能力

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70059

John R. Starr, Marten van Schijndel

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Social Network Structure Shapes the Formation of True and False Memories at the Collective Level 社会网络结构在集体层面上塑造了真假记忆的形成

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70060

Tania Valle, Annamaria Krizovenska, Josué García-Arch, Maria Teresa Bajo, Lluís Fuentemilla

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A Simple Explanation for Harmonic Word Order 谐音词序的简单解释

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-04-08 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70056

John Mansfield, Lothar Sebastian Krapp

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The Sustained Attention Paradox: A Critical Commentary on the Theoretical Impossibility of Perfect Vigilance 持续注意悖论：对完全警惕理论不可能性的批判

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70061

Benjamin T. Sharpe, Ian Tyndall

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Playing With Language in the Manual Modality: Which Motions Do Signers Gradiently Modify? 在手工调式中玩语言：手语者会逐渐修改哪些动作？

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70051

Casey Ferrara, Jenny C. Lu, Susan Goldin-Meadow

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To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models 提高识字率，促进教育公平，而不是庞大的语言模型

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70058

Samuel H. Forbes, Olivia Guest

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Differentiation and Generic Sentences 辨析与类句

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70057

Patrick Rothermund, Roland Deutsch

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“The Earth is Alive”: Attributing Agency to the Earth Causes Moral Concern for the Environment and Biocentric Attitudes “地球是活的”：将代理归于地球引起对环境和生物中心态度的道德关注

IF 2.3 2区心理学

Cognitive Science Pub Date : 2025-03-23 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70052

Lizette Pizza, Deborah Kelemen

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