Recent advances in the study of the illusion of causality: theory, methods, and practical implications
Learning causal relations provides the knowledge that allows us to make accurate predictions. Some of these predictions may have a high value for survival, and some of them provide us with a body of knowledge that maximize context adaptation. This is why researchers have tried to understand how people make causal inferences and learn about the causal structures [...]
From Basic to Applied Science: The Case of the Differential Outcomes Procedure
A major health and societal challenge nowadays is how to ameliorate and/or delay the onset of cognitive decline in humans suffering from diverse pathologies. Often, solutions can be found in basic science conducted in the laboratory through the use of very well-known experimental procedures. In the present review article, we set out to present the main findings from [...]
Computational models, educational implications, and methodological innovations: The realm of visual word recognition
This article aims to provide an overview of the current status of visual word recognition research, from the main models and their current challenges, to the educational and methodological implications of studies in this field. Visual word recognition is a critical reading process that connects visual sensation and perception with linguistic (sentence, text) processing. For this reason, it [...]