Cognition, language, and culture
- Numerical cognition and counting systems
- Causal cognition, language, and culture
- Spatial and temporal references
Most topics are worked on in collaboration with Sieghard Beller.
Numerical cognition and counting systems
Number words are among the first mathematical concepts that children acquire. They constitute a system with specific properties (like base, extent, and regularity), and are an important tool for numerical tasks. How did these systems develop linguistically? How much variation do we observe cross-culturally? And which cognitive implications arise from their specific properties for learning and doing mathematical tasks?
Selected publications
- Bender, A., & Beller S. (2014). Mangarevan invention of binary steps for easier calculation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 111, 1322-1327.
- Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2012). Nature and culture of finger counting: Diversity and representational effects of an embodied cognitive tool. Cognition, 124, 156-182.
- Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2008). The limits of counting: Numerical cognition between evolution and culture. Science, 319, 213-215.
Causal cognition, language, and culture
The concept of causality is one of the core concepts that helps people to understand how the world works. Causal knowledge enables them to make predictions and to find explanations for why things happen the way they do. Are people's explanations of simple physical phenomena universal or do they vary cross-culturally? And is the way they assign causality affected by the way events are described?
Selected publications
- Beller, S., Bender, A., & Waldmann, M. (Eds.) (accepted as research topic). Diversity and universality in causal cognition. Frontiers in Cognitive Science.
- Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2011). Causal asymmetry across cultures: Assigning causal roles in symmetric physical settings. Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 2:231, 1-10.
- Beller, S., Bender, A., & Song, J. (2009). Weighing up physical causes: Effects of culture, linguistic cues and content. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 9, 347-365.
Spatial and temporal references
When describing relations between objects or events, we inevitably have to choose a frame of reference (FoR). Across languages and cultures, preferences for spatial FoRs differ. Which variant is preferred when another person's perspective has to be adopted? And, given that people tend to think about time in terms of space, how much of what we know about spatial FoRs is applicable to temporal FoRs?
Selected publications
- Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2014). Mapping spatial frames of reference onto time: A review of theoretical accounts and empirical findings. Cognition, 132, 342-382.
- Bender, A., Rothe-Wulf, A., Hüther, L., & Beller, S. (2012). Moving forward in space and time: How strong is the conceptual link between spatial and temporal frames of reference (FoRs)? Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 3:486, 1-11.
- Bender, A., Beller, S., & Bennardo, G. (2010). Temporal frames of reference: Conceptual analysis and empirical evidence from German, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Tongan. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 10, 283-307.
Submitted / under revision
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (subm.). The power of 2: How an apparently irregular numeration system facilitates mental arithmetic.
Beller, S., Bender, A., Dittmann, S., Helgesen, A. B., Sollund, A., Standal-Knudsen, T., Esfandiari, A., & Rosemeyer, M. (subm.). Spatial references for frontal and dorsal configurations in four languages: Individual preferences, cultural consensus, and cross-linguistic variability.
Beller, S., Singmann, H., Hüther, L., & Bender, A. (subm.). How relative is the relative frame of reference? An MPT model analysis of spatial references for frontal and dorsal configurations across four languages.
Beller, S., Bohlen, J., Hüther, L., & Bender, A. (under revision). Perspective taking in referring to objects in front of or behind an observer: Frames of reference, intra-individual consistency, and response latencies. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Bender, A., Schlimm, D., & Beller, S. (under revision). The cognitive advantages of counting specifically: A representational analysis of verbal numeration systems in Oceanic languages. Topics in Cognitive Science.
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (resubm.). How contrast situations affect the assignment of causality in symmetric physical settings. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition.
Beer, B., & Bender, A. (under revision). Causal reasoning about others' behavior - and why accessing it is so difficult: Lessons from Papua New Guinea. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science.
Bender, A., Klauer, K. C., & Beller, S. (under revision). Lady Liberty and Godfather Death as candidates for linguistic relativity? Scrutinizing gender effects on personified allegories with explicit and implicit measures. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Bender, A., Brattebø, K. F., Lavik, K. O., Reigstad, R. D., & Beller, S. (under revision). Culture or language: What drives effects of grammatical gender? Cognitive Linguistics.
Accepted / in press
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (Eds.) (accepted). Exploring cognitive diversity: Anthropological perspectives on cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science.
Beller, S., Bender, A., & Waldmann, M. (Eds.) (accepted as research topic). Diversity and universality in causal cognition. Frontiers in Cognitive Science.
Wassmann, J., & Bender, A. (in press). Cognitive anthropology. In N. Smelser & P. Baltes (Eds.), International encyclopedia of social and behavioral science. Oxford: Elsevier.
2012 - 2014
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2014). Mangarevan invention of binary steps for easier calculation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 111(4), 1322-1327. [pdf]
see alsocomments by Adrian Viliami Bell, Philip Ball on nature.com, Ingrid Spilde on forskning.no
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2014). Mapping spatial frames of reference onto time: A review of theoretical accounts and empirical findings. Cognition, 132, 342-382.
Rothe-Wulf, A., Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2014). Temporal frames of reference in three Germanic languages: Individual consistency, interindividual consensus, and cross-linguistic variability. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. [published online, DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.970205]
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2014). The role of culture and language for numerical cognition. In M. P. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane, & B. Scassellati (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (64-65). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2013). Die Welt des Denkens: Kognitive Einheit, kulturelle Vielfalt [The world of reasoning: Cognitive unity, cultural diversity]. Bern: Huber.
Bender, A. (2013). Two accounts of traditional Mangarevan counting … and how to evaluate them. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 122(3), 275-287.
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2013). Of adding oranges and apples: How non-abstract representations may foster abstract numerical cognition. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:903, 1-3.[pdf].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2013). Cognition is ... fundamentally cultural. Behavioral Sciences, 3(1), 42-54.[pdf].
Röttger-Rössler, B., & Bender, A. (2013). Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie / Kognitionsethnologie. In A. Stephan & S. Walter (Hrsg.), Handbuch Kognitionswissenschaft (S. 35-41). Stuttgart: Verlag J. B. Metzler.
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (Eds.) (2013). Exploring cognitive diversity across disciplines and cultures [symposium]. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 67-68). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [pdf].
Hüther, L., Bentz, A., Spada, H., Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2013). Influences beyond language? A comparison of spatial referencing in native French speakers from four countries. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2602-2607). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [pdf].
Bender, A. (2013). Kognitionsethnologie. In B. Beer & H. Fischer (Hrsg.), Ethnologie: Einführung und Überblick (pp. 287-307). Berlin: Reimer [8th ed.].
Träuble, B., Bender, A., & Konieczny, C. (2013). Human social cognition - the theory of mind research. In J. Wassmann, B. Träuble, & J. Funke (Eds.), Theory of mind in the Pacific: Reasoning across cultures (pp. 13-37). Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2012). Nature and culture of finger counting: Diversity and representational effects of an embodied cognitive tool. Cognition, 124, 156-182. [pdf].
Bender, A., Beller, S., & Medin, D. L. (Eds.) (2012). Does cognitive science need anthropology? Topics in Cognitive Science, 4(3).
Beller, S., Bender, A., & Medin, D. L. (2012). Should anthropology be part of cognitive science? Topics in Cognitive Science, 4(3), 342-353.
Bender, A., Beller, S., & Medin, D.L. (2012). Turning tides: Prospects for more diversity in cognitive science. Topics in Cognitive Science, 4(3), 462-466.
Bender, A., Rothe-Wulf, A., Hüther, L., & Beller, S. (2012). Moving forward in space and time: How strong is the conceptual link between spatial and temporal frames of reference? Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 3:486, 1-11.[pdf].
Bender, A., Spada, H., Rothe-Wulf, A., Traber, S., & Rauss, K. (2012). Anger elicitation in Tonga and Germany: The impact of culture on cognitive determinants of emotions. Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 3:435, 1-20. [pdf].
Bender, A. (2012). Kognitionsethnologie. In B. Beer & H. Fischer (Hrsg.), Ethnologie: Einführung und Überblick (pp. 287-307). Berlin: Reimer [7th ed.].
Bender, A. (2012). Niko Besnier: “On the edge of the global: Modern anxieties in a Pacific Island nation” [Book Review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 18, 915-916.
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2012). Competent deontic reasoning: The abstract deontic selection task revisited. In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 114-119). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [pdf].
Beller, S., Bender, A., Duda, S., Hagmayer, Y., Schroven, A., Stenning, K., & Wiese, H. (2012). The cultural constitution of causal cognition: Cross-disciplinary perspectives from the ZiF research group. In U. Schmid, M. Siebers, C.-C. Carbon, M. Raab, J. Rüsseler, T. Gross, C. Schlieder & D. Dörner (Eds.), Proceedings of KogWis 2012 (pp. 22–25). Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press.
2009 - 2011
Bender, A., Beller, S., & Klauer, K. C. (2011). Grammatical gender in German - a case for linguistic relativity? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64, 1821-1835. [pdf].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2011). Fingers as a tool for counting - naturally fixed or culturally flexible? Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 2:256, 1-3.[pdf].
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2011). Explicating numerical information: When and how fingers support (or hinder) number comprehension and handling. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 2:214, 1-3. [pdf].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2011). Causal asymmetry across cultures: Assigning causal roles in symmetric physical settings. Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 2:231, 1-10. [pdf].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2011). Space (and time) for culture. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp.1338-1339). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [pdf].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2011). Cultural variation in numeration systems and their mapping onto the mental number line. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42 (4), 579-597. [pdf]
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2011). The cultural constitution of cognition: Taking the anthropological perspective. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science, 2:67, 1-6. [pdf]
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2011). Numerical cognition and ethnomathematics. In D. B. Kronenfeld, G. Bennardo, V. C. de Munck, & M. D. Fischer (Eds.), A companion to cognitive anthropology (pp. 270-289). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bender, A., Hutchins, E., & Medin, D. L. (2010). Anthropology in cognitive science. Topics in Cognitive Science, 2, 374-385. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., Beller, S., & Bennardo, G. (2010). Temporal frames of reference: Conceptual analysis and empirical evidence from German, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Tongan. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 10, 283-307. [Fulltext]
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2010). Allgemeine Psychologie - Denken und Sprache. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Bender, A., & Röttger-Rössler, B. (Eds.) (2010). Ethnologie und Kognitionswissenschaften im Dialog [Special Issue]. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 135 (2).
Bender, A., & Röttger-Rössler, B. (2010). Ethnologie und Kognitionswissenschaften im Dialog. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 135, 177-183. [pdf from JSTOR]
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2010). Die Ethnologie - eine tragende Säule im Gebäude der Kognitionswissenschaften? Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 135, 185-198. [pdf from JSTOR]
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2010). Kognitionsethnologie und Kognitionspsychologie: Synergien nutzen. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 135, 233-248. [pdf from JSTOR]
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2010). Bridging the gap: From cognitive anthropology to cognitive science. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2767-2768). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [Fulltext].
Beller, S., Bender, A., & Song, J. (2009). Weighing up physical causes: Effects of culture, linguistic cues and content. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 9, 347-365. [Fulltext]
Beller, S., Bender, A., & Song, J. (2009). Conditional promises and threats in Germany, China, and Tonga: Cognition and emotion. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 9, 115-139. [Fulltext]
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2009). Mathematical cognition and its cultural dimension. In N. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2079-2080). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [Fulltext].
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2009). Universitäre Lehre nach dem Prinzip «Erarbeiten, Vertiefen, Anwenden»: Ein Vergleich von EVA-Seminaren mit Referate-Seminaren. In M. Krämer, S. Preiser & K. Brusdeylins (Hrsg.), Psychologiedidaktik und Evaluation VII (pp. 225-233). Aachen: Shaker.
Bender, A. (2009). Heiliger Zorn im "Paradies"? Emotionen im Kulturvergleich. In A. Wagner (Hg.), Anthropologische Aufbrüche (S. 297-318). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
2006 - 2008
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2008). The limits of counting: Numerical cognition between evolution and culture. Science, 319, 213-215. [Fulltext].
Bender, A. (2008). Die Ausdehnung des kognitiven Raums durch kulturelle Werkzeuge. Erwägen Wissen Ethik, 19, 163-164.
Bender, A. (2008). Vom Eigenen zum Fremden: Zuschreibungen an andere Personen und in anderen Kulturen. In R. I. Schubotz (Ed.), Other Minds: Die Gedanken und Gefühle Anderer (pp. 175-190). Paderborn: Mentis-Verlag.
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2008). Extending the limits of counting in Oceania: Adapting tools for numerical cognition to cultural needs. In B. C. Love, K. McRae, & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 821-826). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [Fulltext].
Bender, A. (2008). Meshing a tight net: A cultural response to the threat of open access fishing grounds. In M. J. Casimir (Ed.), Culture and the changing environment: Uncertainty, cognition, and risk management in cross-cultural perspective (pp. 197-218). Oxford: Berghahn.
[also published as paperback in 2009]
Nerb, J., Bender, A., & Spada, H. (2008). Attributed causes of environmental problems: A cross-cultural study of coping strategies. In M. J. Casimir (Ed.), Culture and the changing environment: Uncertainty, cognition, and risk management in cross-cultural perspective (pp. 107-123). Oxford: Berghahn.
[also published as paperback in 2009]
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2007). Spezifische Zahlsysteme in Tonga: Kognitive Grundlagen, historische Wurzeln und kulturelle Adaptation. Freiburg: Kleine Schriftenreihe des F.I.P.S., Heft 8.
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2007). Numeral classifiers in specific counting systems: Cultural context, linguistic principles, and cognitive implications. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 821-826). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., Spada, H., Swoboda, H., Traber, S., & Rauss, K. (2007). Anger in a just world? The impact of cultural concepts on cognition and emotion. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 101-106). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2007). Counting in Tongan: The traditional number systems and their cognitive implications. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 7, 213-239. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., Spada, H., Seitz, S., Swoboda, H., & Traber, S. (2007). Anger and rank in Tonga and Germany: Cognition, emotion, and context. Ethos, 35, 196-234. [Fulltext].
Bender, A. (2007). Changes in social orientation: Threats to a cultural institution in marine resource exploitation in Tonga. Human Organization, 66, 11-21. [Fulltext].
Kronen, M., & Bender, A. (2007). Assessing marine resource exploitation in Lofanga, Tonga: One case study - two approaches. Human Ecology, 35, 195-207. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2006). Cultural impacts on cognition. In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 2657). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2006). "Fanciful" or genuine? Bases and high numerals in Polynesian number systems. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 115, 7-46. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2006). Numeral classifiers and counting systems in Polynesian and Micronesian languages: Common roots and cultural adaptations. Oceanic Linguistics, 45, 380-403. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., Spada, H., Swoboda, H., & Traber, S. (2006). Responsibility for bad deeds - and for good? The impact of cultural attribution tendencies on cognition and emotion. In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 65-70). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [Fulltext].
2003 - 2005
Beller, S., Bender, A., & Kuhnmünch, G. (2005). Understanding conditional promises and threats. Thinking and Reasoning, 11, 209-238. [Fulltext].
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2005). The cognitive advantages of counting specifically: An analysis of Polynesian number systems. In B. G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 214-219). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., Bennardo, G., & Beller, S. (2005). Spatial frames of reference for temporal relations: A conceptual analysis in English, German, and Tongan. In B. G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 220-225). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [Fulltext].
Beller, S., & Bender, A. (2004). Cultural differences in the cognition and emotion of conditional promises and threats: Comparing Germany and Tonga. In K. D. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 85-90). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Bender, A. (2004). Die zweite Besiedlung Ozeaniens. In Faszination Weltgeschichte: Wie wir wurden, was wir sind. Band 1: Völker, Staaten und Kulturen (S. 38-39). Gütersloh, München: Wissen Media Verlag.
Bender, A. (2004). Die Religionen Ozeaniens. In Faszination Weltgeschichte: Wie wir wurden, was wir sind. Band 2: Religionen und Glaubensformen (S. 80-81). Gütersloh, München: Wissen Media Verlag.
Bender, A., & Beller, S. (2003). Polynesian tapu in the 'deontic square': A cognitive concept, its linguistic expression and cultural context. In R. Alterman & D. Kirsh (Eds.), Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 127-132). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
2000 - 2002
Bender, A. (2002). Environmental models, cultural values, and emotions: Implications for marine resource use in Tonga. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 11, 58-62. [Fulltext].
Bender, A. (2002). "Tragödie des Fischfangs" in Tonga? Die Bedeutung kultureller Institutionen bei der Gemeingutnutzung ["Tragedy of fishing" in Tonga? The significance of cultural institutions for common pool resources]. Zeitschrift Umweltpsychologie, 6, 26-41.
Bender, A., Kägi, W., & Mohr, E. (2002). Informal insurance and sustainable management of common-pool marine resources in Ha'apai, Tonga. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 50, 427-439. [Fulltext].
Bender, A., Spada, H., & Seitz, S. (2001). Verantwortungszuschreibung und Ärger: Emotionale Situationsbewertung (appraisal) in polynesischen und 'westlichen' Kulturen. [Ascription of responsibility and anger: Emotional appraisal in Polynesian and 'Western' cultures]. Freiburg: Forschungsberichte des Psychologischen Instituts der Universität Freiburg; Nr.153 [download from Psychologisches Institut: Forschungsberichte].
Bender, A. (2001). Fischer im Netz: Strategien der Ressourcennutzung und Konfliktbewältigung in Ha'apai, Tonga [Fisher in the net: Strategies of resource use and conflict management in Ha'apai, Tonga (with English summary)]. Herbolzheim: Centaurus.
Bender, A. (2001). "God will send us the fish": Perception and evaluation of an environmental risk in Ha'apai, Tonga. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, 9, 165-190.
Bender, A. (2001). Die 'Tabu-Falle': Über die Ambivalenz religiös motivierter Verhaltensregeln zum Artenschutz [The 'taboo trap': The ambivalence of religiously motivated guidelines for species protection (with English abstract)]. In D. Büchner & Freiburger Institut für Paläowissenschaftliche Studien (Eds.), Studien in memoriam Wilhelm Schüle (pp. 27-39). Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf.
Bender, A., Noack, J., & Schuster, S. (2000). Grenzen einer Inselwelt: Nutzung endemischer Arten zwischen Overkill und Artenschutz [Limits of an island world: Exploitation of endemic species between overkill and species protection (with English abstract)]. Freiburg: Kleine Schriftenreihe des F.I.P.S., Heft 5.
Bender, A. (2000). Sharing fishing grounds and sharing food: How a cultural institution helps to protect an open access resource. In VIII Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Bloomington/Indiana, May 31 - June 4, 2000: Papers & Abstracts [CD-ROM]. Bloomington, IN: Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. [Fulltext].
1997 - 1999
Ernst, A. M., Eisentraut, R., Bender, A., Kägi, W., Mohr, E., & Seitz, S. (1998). Stabilisierung der Kooperation im Allmende-Dilemma durch institutionelle und kulturelle Rahmenbedingungen [Stabilizing cooperation in a commons dilemma through institutional and cultural settings]. GAIA, 7, 271-278.
Bender, A. (1998). Factors of sustainability in Palau and New Zealand. Marine Studies Technical Report, 98, 126-140 [Special Issue on Fisheries and Marine Resources, ed. by J. Seeto & N. Bulai, Suva, Fiji].
Bender, A. (1997). Beute unter Tabu: Traditionelles Umweltverhalten in Mikronesien und Polynesien [Prey under taboo: Traditional environmental behaviour in Micronesia and Polynesia]. Freiburg: Verlag Wissenschaft & Öffentlichkeit.
- 2014. Mangarevan invention of binary steps for easier calculation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 111: 1322-1327. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309160110
- 2014. Mapping spatial frames of reference onto time: A review of theoretical accounts and empirical findings. Cognition. 132: 342-382. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.03.016
- 2013. Two accounts of traditional Mangarevan counting … and how to evaluate them. The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 122: 275-287.
- 2013. Of adding oranges and apples: how non-abstract representations may foster abstract numerical cognition. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00903
- 2013. Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie / Kognitionsethnologie. Chapter, pages 35-41. In:
- 2013. Handbuch Kognitionswissenschaft. 582 pages. ISBN: 978-3-476-02331-5.
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Education
Habilitation, Psychology (University of Freiburg, 2008)
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), Cultural Anthropology (University of Freiburg, 2000)
M.A., Anthropology, Slavistics, and Psychology (University of Freiburg, 1995)
Previous academic positions & research visits
2011-2012: Chair of the international Research Group The cultural constitution of causal cognition: Reintegrating anthropology into the cognitive sciences, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research ZiF, Bielefeld
2011/3-4, 2010/11, and 2010/2-5: Research visits, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
2003-2009: Postdoc position (fellowship), Department of Psychology, U Freiburg
1996-2003: Research fellow and/or lecturer, Department of Psychology, U Freiburg
Fellowships and awards
2009-2013: Heisenberg Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG
2003-2008: Postdoc Fellowship, Margarete-von-Wrangell, State Baden-Württemberg
2001: Carl-Theodor-Kromer-Award of the Faculty of Geosciences, U Freiburg, for PhD thesis
Membership in scientific societies
- Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (ASAO) (fellow since 2008)
- Cognitive Science Society (CSS) (member of governing board since 2011)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für kognitive Linguistik (DGKL)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde (DGV) (section chair since 2006)
- Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft (GK)
- International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE)
- Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci)
- Swedish Cognitive Science Society (SweCog)
Membership in research networks
- 2012-present: Fellow of the RG "Anthropology of Perception", FEST Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Heidelberg, DE
- 2010-present: Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, Radboud U Nijmegen, NL
- 2008-present: International Cognition and Culture Institute
- 1996-2013 Member and research fellow of the Freiburg Institute for Palaeoscientific Studies (board member 2010-2013)
Field trips and anthropological fieldwork
- Kingdom of Tonga (1/97-3/97, 10/97-9/98, 7/99-8/99, 2/02-3/02, 2/04-9/04, 3/05-5/05, 7/05-9/05, 8/06, 9/09, 7-8/10)
- New Zealand (2/02-3/02)
- Guam (5/01-6/01)
- Rarotonga/Cook Islands (7/97)
- Fiji (1/97, 7/97)
- Polynesia (2/96-4/96)
Ongoing projects
2014/2015: Defining cultural differences in cognition (funding: UiB, Strategic Programme for International Research and Education / SPIRE)
2014: Representing time in terms of space (funding: UiB, Små Driftsmidler / Småforsk)
Ongoing, but located at the University of Freiburg (Germany)
2013-2015: Spatial references in cross-linguistic comparison: Cultural preferences and cognitive implications (PIs: A. Bender, S. Beller; funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG)
2011-2014: The assignment of causal roles in the physical domain: The significance of cultural concepts and linguistic cues (PIs: S. Beller, A. Bender; funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG)