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. 2023 Jul;47(7):e13319.
doi: 10.1111/cogs.13319.

Cognitive Science: Piecing Together the Puzzle

Michele I Feist  1 , Sarah E Duffy  2
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Cognitive Science: Piecing Together the Puzzle

Michele I Feist et al. Cogn Sci. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Alongside significant gains in our understanding of the human mind, research in Cognitive Science has produced substantial evidence that the details of cognitive processes vary across cultures, contexts, and individuals. In order to arrive at a more nuanced account of the workings of the human mind, in this letter we argue that one challenge for the future of Cognitive Science is the integration of this evidence of variation with findings which can be generalized.

Keywords: Individual variation; cultural variation; integrating findings.

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