ALT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Face Perception" by A. Mike Burton. The human face sends many different signals. We can identity somebody, if we happen to know them, but we can also judge their emotional state from their expression, perhaps read their lips if they are

ALT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Sound Symbolism" by Mutsumi Imai and Kimi Akita. Sound symbolism is the nonarbitrary association between (speech) sound and meaning. The association may be iconic (i.e., based on resemblance, as with beep for a high electronic noise and zigzag for a

ALT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Interoception" by Catherine Tallon-Baudry. Interoception refers to how the brain senses, consciously or unconsciously, physiological signals coming from inside the body. It includes a broad range of signals, mechanisms, and functions. It infor

ALT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Introspection" by Jérôme Sackur. Introspection (etymologically, “looking inward”) refers to the ability to access one’s own mental life and the results thereof. It stands in contrast to perception, the ability to connect with the wor

ALT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Social Cognitive Neuroscience" by Rebecca Saxe. People spend a lot of their brain energy thinking about people. Social cognitive neuroscience is the field of research that investigates how this works. Research in this field asks questions about the

ALT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Primate Communication" by Katja Liebal. Comparative psychologists interested in the evolution of human language often aim at identifying potential precursors to human language in other species, so they focus on the communicative systems of

ALT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Hearing" by Casey O’Callaghan. Hearing, also known as audition, is a modality of sensory perception in which one detects and differentiates things and features in the environment by transducing and extracting information from press