Shared meanings create institutions with real power. They also enable us to construct personal narratives that give our lives ...

Meaning doesn’t stay inside individual brains. Shared attention and language allow meaning to become symbolic, social, and ...

Dr. Stone answers the question: 'Trouble With Symbolic Language Concepts?' Oct. 23, 2008 -- Question: What are common differences in the way a person on the autism spectrum might have trouble ...

We've had many postings of late on human nature from guest-blogger Tom Clark and from Marcelo, Stu, and me, so I'll go ahead and continue the thread. I'll first consider the concept of a self, then ...

From the earliest human records, angels have been described as mysterious beings who communicate in ways humans often struggle to understand. Unlike ordinary humans, who rely on spoken language to ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - It didn't start with Valentine's Day. Flowers have been silent signals between sweethearts as well as symbols in art since ancient times. Roman artists represented love by a rose; ...

Most children learn that written numbers represent quantities in pre-school or junior primary school. Now our new study shows that honeybees, too, can learn to match symbols and numerosities, much ...