- Tools for understanding metaphors:
- Representation:
- Numbers
- Neural networks
- Grammar
- Logic
- Cultural models
- Game theory
- Social networks
- Evolution
- Perception:
- Measurement
- Sensory processing
- Phonetics
- Perception
- Ethnography
- Consumer behavior
- Survey research
- Natural selection
- Reasoning:
- Logic and analysis
- Cognitive processes
- Syntax
- Reason
- Ethnology
- Game theory
- Social learning
- Evolutionary psychology
- Intuition:
- Pattern recognition
- Implicit learning
- Semantics
- Intuition
- Cultural evolution
- Decision theory
- Social networks
- Evolutionary psychology
- Empathy:
- Symmetry
- Emotional intelligence
- Pragmatics
- Empathy
- Ethnography
- Behavioral economics
- Social exchange
- Altruism
- Creativity:
- Algebra
- Divergent thinking
- Morphology
- Creativity
- Cultural ecology
- Industrial organization
- Social psychology
- Sexual selection
- Imagination:
- Calculus
- Imagination
- Phonology
- Imagination
- Ethnology
- Macroeconomics
- Social psychology
- Inclusive fitness
- Observation:
- Geometry
- Attention
- Syntax
- Observation
- Cultural anthropology
- Microeconomics
- Social psychology
- Kin selection
- Experience:
- Probability
- Memory
- Semantics
- Experience
- Cultural anthropology
- Game theory
- Social psychology
- Group selection
- Communication:
- Encryption
- Language acquisition
- Pragmatics
- Communication
- Ethnology
- Game theory
- Social psychology
- Parental investment
- Learning:
- Differential equations
- Learning
- Syntax
- Learning
- Ethnology
- Game theory
- Social psychology
- Cooperative breeding
- Memory:
- Data storage
- Memory
- Morphology
- Memory
- Ethnography
- Game theory
- Social psychology
- Reciprocal altruism
- Problem-solving:
- Game theory
- Problem-solving
- Syntax
- Problem-solving
- Ethnology
- Game theory
- Social psychology
- Sexual selection
- Decision-making:
- Optimization
- Decision-making
- Semantics
- Decision-making
- Cultural evolution
- Game theory
- Social psychology
- Kin selection
- Communication:
- Information theory
- Language processing
- Pragmatics
- Communication
- Cultural anthropology
- Game theory
- Social psychology
- Reciprocal altruism
- Representation: