Cognitive Science

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Learning How to Generalize

Abstract Generalization is a fundamental problem solved by every cognitive system in essentially every domain. Although it is known that how people generalize varies in complex ways depending on the context or domain, it is an open question how people learn the appropriate way to generalize for a new context. To understand this capability, we […]

Published on August 16, 2019

What Underlies Political Polarization? A Manifesto for Computational Political Psychology

Polarization is one of the biggest societal challenges of our time, yet its drivers are poorly understood. Here we propose a novel approach – computational political psychology – which uses behavioral tasks in combination with formal computational models to identify candidate cognitive processes underpinning susceptibility to polarized beliefs about political and societal issues. Read Full […]

Published on August 16, 2019

Brain Responses to Passive Sensory Stimulation Correlate With Intelligence

This study investigates the association between intelligence and brain power responses to a passive audiovisual stimulation. We measure the power of gamma-range steady-state responses (SSRs) as well as intelligence and other aspects of neurocognitive function in 40 healthy males born in 1953. The participants are a part of a Danish birth cohort study and the […]

Published on August 15, 2019