Abstract Languages show substantial variability between their speakers, but it is currently unclear how the structure of the communicative network contributes to the patterning of this variability. While previous studies have highlighted the role of network structure in language change, the specific aspects of network structure that shape language variability remain largely unknown. To address […]

Abstract Numerous studies have found that selective attention affects category learning. However, previous research did not distinguish between the contribution of focusing and filtering components of selective attention. This study addresses this issue by examining how components of selective attention affect category representation. Participants first learned a rule-plus-similarity category structure, and then were presented with […]

Social class is a cultural context with potentially far-reaching cognitive and behavioral consequences. Fittipaldi and colleagues [1], however, examine the role of disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) as a key contributor to cognitive functioning. As they note, indicators of SES and class are often only modestly correlated and should not be used interchangeably. With this […]