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Abstracts Books: Ross, N. (2004). Culture and Cognition, Implications for Theory and Method. Thousand Oaks, Sage Publication. Ross, N. (2001). Bilder vom Regenwald: Mentale Modelle, Kulturwandel und Umweltverhalten bei den Lakandonen in Mexiko. Münster. LIT Verlag. Ross, N. (1997). Nutz Lok’el Li Kaxlane – Die Vertreibung der Ladinos aus San Andrés Larraínzar, Chiapas, Mexiko. Münster. LIT Verlag. Papers: Ross, N. (2005). We are all flowering: Naming of plants among the Tzotzil Maya of Zinacantán; a cultural account of difference. In: Ahn, et al. (eds.). Categorization inside and outside the classroom.p. 15-28. APA monograph. . Ross, N. & Medin, D. (2005). Ethnography and Experiments: Cultural Models and Expertise effects elicited with experimental research techniques. Field Methods 17(2): 131-149. Ross, N.; Barrientos, T.; Esquit-Choy, A. (2005). “Triad Tasks, a multi purpose tool to elicit similarity judgements: The Case ofTzotzil Maya Plant taxonomy. Field Methods, 17(3): 269-282. Ross, N.; Medin, D.; Coley, J. & Atran, S. (2003.). “Cultural and Experiential Differences in the Development of Folkbiological Induction.” Cognitive Devlopment, Vol. 18:25-47. Ross, N. (2002). “Cognitive Aspects of Intergenerational Change: Mental Models, Cultural change and Environmental behavior among the Lacandon Maya of Southern Mexico.” Human Organization, Vol. 61(2):125-137. Atran, S.; Medin, D. & Ross, N. (in press). The Cultural Mind: Environmental Decision Making and Cultural Modeling within and across populations. Psychological Review. Waxman, S.; Medin, D. & Ross, N. (in press).”Folkbiological Reasoning from a cross-cultural developmental perspective: Early essentialist notions are shaped by cultural beliefs. Developmental Psychology. Medin, D.; Ross, N.; Atran, S. & Cox, D.(in press). “Why Folkbiolgy matters: Resource Conflict despite shared goals and knowledge.” Human Ecology. Atran,S.; Medin, D. & Ross, N. (2004.).”Evolution and Devolution of Knowledge: A Tale of two biologies.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society, Vol. 10(2):395-420. Medin, D.; Ross, N.; Atran, S. et al. (in press). “The role of Culture and Expertise in the Folkbiology of Freshwater Fish.” Cognition. Burnett, R.; Medin, D.; Ross, N. & Blok, S. (in press). Ideal is Typical. Canadian Journal of experimental Psychology. La Torre Cuadros, M. & Ross, N. (2003). “Secondary Biodiversity: Local perceptions of Forest Habitats among the Maya of Solferino, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Journal of Ethnobiology, Journal of Ethnobiology 23(2). Atran, S.; Medin, D.; Ross, N. et al. (2002). “Folkecology, Cultural Epidemiology, and the Spirits of the Commons: A Garden experiment in the Maya Lowlands, 1995-2000.” Current Anthropology, 43(3):421-450.