Introduction to topiCS Volume 16, Issue 1.

The article introduces the latest issue of Topics in Cognitive Science, which is dedicated to excellent and award-winning research. The first topic focuses on the Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society, featuring articles by various researchers. Barbara Malt from Lehigh University has joined this exclusive group and provides an overview of her research on the relationship between language, thought, and representation. The second topic includes revised papers from the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, and the final topic showcases the best papers from the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. The article encourages letters, commentaries, and proposals for new topics. [Extracted from the article]