Sunny Auyang tackles what she calls "the large pictures of the human mind," exploring the relevance of cognitive science findings to everyday mental life. Auyan

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Most previous research on human cognition has focused on problem-solving, and has confined its investigations to the laboratory. As a result, it has been diffic

While there have been tremendous advances in our scientific understanding of the brain, this work has been largely academic, and often oriented toward clinical

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