The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 2,888 atoms across 3 types and 2 molecules
Cultural context shapes perception, attention allocation, and cognitive processing at a fundamental level, not merely attitudes, preferences, or higher-level reasoning.
Abstract representations that lack connection to concrete, embodied, or perceptual experiences become unstable and lose meaning under cognitive load or when transferred to novel contexts.
Concepts are grounded in sensorimotor simulations within specific situated contexts rather than abstract, context-free definitions stored as symbolic propositions.