Cognition
Overview
Cognition is a renowned interdisciplinary journal that publishes cutting-edge research in the field of cognitive science. It covers a wide range of topics, including perception, attention, memory, language, decision-making, and problem-solving. With a focus on empirical studies and theoretical advancements, Cognition provides valuable insights into the workings of the human mind and its underlying processes.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier
Start
1972
End
Continuing
Frequency
Twelve no. a year, 1990-
p-ISSN
0010-0277
e-ISSN
1873-7838
Country
Netherlands
Language
English
Specialty
Psychology
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 502
226
SJR / Ranks: 1773
1590
CiteScore / Ranks: 3528
6.30
Recent Articles
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Zhao Q, Wang Y, Lu Y, Luan M, Gao S, Li X, et al.
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106121.
PMID: 40086085
While experts consistently demonstrate superior action anticipation within their domains, the computational mechanisms underlying this ability remain unclear. This study investigated how the processing of kinematic invariants contributes to expert...
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McDonough K, Parrotta E, Enwereuzor C, Bach P
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106112.
PMID: 40086084
Social perception relies on the ability to understand the higher-order goals that drive other people's behaviour. Under predictive coding views, this ability relies on a Bayesian-like hypothesis-testing mechanism, which translates...
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Zhang A, Langenkamp M, Kleiman-Weiner M, Oikarinen T, Cushman F
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106108.
PMID: 40086083
Humans are remarkably efficient at decision making, even in "open-ended" problems where the set of possible actions is too large for exhaustive evaluation. Our success relies, in part, on processes...
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Monzel M, Rademacher J, Krempel R, Reuter M
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106120.
PMID: 40086082
One of the best replicated and most famous effects in experimental psychology, the Stroop effect, describes interferences in cognitive processing when a color word is printed in a conflicting ink...
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Snytte J, Liu T, Withnell R, Rajah M, Sheldon S
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106103.
PMID: 40073692
Emotional events are known to be prioritized during episodic encoding, leading to more detailed recollections compared to neutral events. Encoding an emotional event can influence the mnemonic fate of preceding...
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Gandolfo M, Peelen M
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106109.
PMID: 40068579
As a social species, humans preferentially attend to the faces and bodies of other people. Previous research revealed specialized cognitive mechanisms for processing human faces and bodies. For example, upright...
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Neves L, Martins M, Correia A, Castro S, Schellenberg E, Lima C
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106102.
PMID: 40064075
Music training is widely claimed to enhance nonmusical abilities, yet causal evidence remains inconclusive. Moreover, research tends to focus on cognitive over socioemotional outcomes. In two studies, we investigated whether...
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Dan O, Leshkowitz M, Livnat O, Hassin R
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106107.
PMID: 40058130
More information today is becoming more accessible to more people at an ever-growing rate. How does epistemic curiosity operate in this expanding informational landscape? We test a novel theory which...
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de Vries E, van Ede F
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106111.
PMID: 40058129
Space provides a foundational scaffold for retaining and selecting visual information in working memory. It remains unclear, however, whether and how spatial organisation in visual working memory persists over temporally...
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Zheng Z, Trubutschek D, Huang S, Cai Y, Melloni L
Cognition
. 2025 Mar;
259:106104.
PMID: 40058128
Past experiences influence how we perceive and respond to the present. A striking example is awareness priming, in which prior conscious perception enhances visibility and discrimination of subsequent stimuli. In...