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Because You Said So?
The Epoch Times: Adults rely heavily on verbal labels to identify objects and understand the world around them, and scientists have long believed that children’s minds work the same way. A new study from Ohio
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Gary Lupyan
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA http://sapir.psych.wisc.edu/ What does your research focus on? I am interested in the cognitive functions of language. Apart from being used to communicate our ideas, how does speaking a language shape
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Is ‘twin communication’ a real thing?
msnbc: When twins Danielle and Nicole Fisher gave birth to baby boys within minutes of one another, people wondered whether it was the result of some sort of special twin telepathy. After all, what are
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Joe Magee
New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service & Stern School of Business, USA http://wagner.nyu.edu/magee What does your research focus on? I study the influence of social hierarchy on thought and behavior, and how
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Ovid Tzeng Receives Golden Bell Award
APS Fellow Ovid Tzeng is a tireless advocate for popular science education in Taiwan. Between introducing Scientific American to Taiwan and urging scientists to give lectures to high school students, he co-hosted a radio show
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Fewer teens getting driver’s licenses as more seniors retain them
Los Angeles Times: In an era of expensive gasoline and a threadbare economy, fewer young people are getting driver’s licenses and more older people are holding on to them as long as possible. The data