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Political diversity will improve social psychological science by Duarte, José L, Crawford, Jarret T, Stern, Charlotta, Haidt, Jonathan, Jussim, Lee, Tetlock, Philip E

“…Psychologists have demonstrated the value of diversity--particularly diversity of viewpoints--for enhancing creativity, discovery, and problem solving. But one…”
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Above and beyond the concrete: The diverse representational substrates of the predictive brain by Gilead, Michael, Trope, Yaacov, Liberman, Nira

“…In recent years, scientists have increasingly taken to investigate the predictive nature of cognition. We argue that prediction relies on abstraction, and thus…”
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Beyond prejudice: are negative evaluations the problem and is getting us to like one another more the solution? by Dixon, John, Levine, Mark, Reicher, Steve, Durrheim, Kevin

“…For most of the history of prejudice research, negativity has been treated as its emotional and cognitive signature, a conception that continues to dominate…”
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Thinking in and about time: A dual systems perspective on temporal cognition by Hoerl, Christoph, McCormack, Teresa

“…We outline a dual systems approach to temporal cognition, which distinguishes between two cognitive systems for dealing with how things unfold over time - a…”
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Expression unleashed: The evolutionary and cognitive foundations of human communication by Heintz, Christophe, Scott-Phillips, Thom

“…Human expression is open-ended, versatile, and diverse, ranging from ordinary language use to painting, from exaggerated displays of affection to…”
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The inherence heuristic: an intuitive means of making sense of the world, and a potential precursor to psychological essentialism by Cimpian, Andrei, Salomon, Erika

“…We propose that human reasoning relies on an inherence heuristic, an implicit cognitive process that leads people to explain observed patterns (e.g., girls…”
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The integrated information theory of consciousness: A case of mistaken identity by Merker, Bjorn, Williford, Kenneth, Rudrauf, David

“…Giulio Tononi's integrated information theory (IIT) proposes explaining consciousness by directly identifying it with integrated information. We examine the…”
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The evolution and psychology of self-deception by von Hippel, William, Trivers, Robert

“…In this article we argue that self-deception evolved to facilitate interpersonal deception by allowing people to avoid the cues to conscious deception that…”
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The generalizability crisis by Yarkoni, Tal

“…Most theories and hypotheses in psychology are verbal in nature, yet their evaluation overwhelmingly relies on inferential statistical procedures. The validity…”
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Building machines that learn and think like people by Lake, Brenden M, Ullman, Tomer D, Tenenbaum, Joshua B, Gershman, Samuel J

“…Recent progress in artificial intelligence has renewed interest in building systems that learn and think like people. Many advances have come from using deep…”
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Conviction Narrative Theory: A theory of choice under radical uncertainty by Johnson, Samuel G B, Bilovich, Avri, Tuckett, David

“…Conviction Narrative Theory (CNT) is a theory of choice under - situations where outcomes cannot be enumerated and probabilities cannot be assigned. Whereas…”
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Language as shaped by the brain by Christiansen, Morten H, Chater, Nick

“…It is widely assumed that human learning and the structure of human languages are intimately related. This relationship is frequently suggested to derive from…”
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Aggression and violence around the world: A model of CLimate, Aggression, and Self-control in Humans (CLASH) by Van Lange, Paul A M, Rinderu, Maria I, Bushman, Brad J

“…Worldwide there are substantial differences within and between countries in aggression and violence. Although there are various exceptions, a general rule is…”
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Meta-learned models of cognition by Binz, Marcel, Dasgupta, Ishita, Jagadish, Akshay K, Botvinick, Matthew, Wang, Jane X, Schulz, Eric

“…Psychologists and neuroscientists extensively rely on computational models for studying and analyzing the human mind. Traditionally, such computational models…”
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What can experimental studies of bias tell us about real-world group disparities? by Cesario, Joseph

“…This article questions the widespread use of experimental social psychology to understand real-world group disparities. Standard experimental practice is to…”
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The Selfish Goal: autonomously operating motivational structures as the proximate cause of human judgment and behavior by Huang, Julie Y, Bargh, John A

“…We propose the Selfish Goal model, which holds that a person's behavior is driven by psychological processes called goals that guide his or her behavior, at…”
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Improving the generalizability of infant psychological research: The ManyBabies model by Visser, Ingmar, Bergmann, Christina, Byers-Heinlein, Krista, Dal Ben, Rodrigo, Duch, Wlodzislaw, Forbes, Samuel, Franchin, Laura, Frank, Michael C, Geraci, Alessandra, Hamlin, J Kiley, Kaldy, Zsuzsa, Kulke, Louisa, Laverty, Catherine, Lew-Williams, Casey, Mateu, Victoria, Mayor, Julien, Moreau, David, Nomikou, Iris, Schuwerk, Tobias, Simpson, Elizabeth A, Singh, Leher, Soderstrom, Melanie, Sullivan, Jessica, van den Heuvel, Marion I, Westermann, Gert, Yamada, Yuki, Zaadnoordijk, Lorijn, Zettersten, Martin

“…Yarkoni's analysis clearly articulates a number of concerns limiting the generalizability and explanatory power of psychological findings, many of which are…”
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Cognition does not affect perception: Evaluating the evidence for "top-down" effects by Firestone, Chaz, Scholl, Brian J

“…What determines what we see? In contrast to the traditional "modular" understanding of perception, according to which visual processing is encapsulated from…”
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Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science by Clark, Andy

“…Brains, it has recently been argued, are essentially prediction machines. They are bundles of cells that support perception and action by constantly attempting…”
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Thinking through other minds: A variational approach to cognition and culture by Veissière, Samuel P L, Constant, Axel, Ramstead, Maxwell J D, Friston, Karl J, Kirmayer, Laurence J

“…The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and…”
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