-
Counting Ability May Emerge From the “Cognitive Technology” of Number Words
Humans’ ability to count may be limited by our knowledge of number words, according to a study of an isolated indigenous group in the Bolivian Amazon.
-
New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on social media, language comprehension, intelligence (and other variables) tracking, human movement patterns data, early language learning and auditory experiences, personality change, and digital games and skill acquisition.
-
Student Notebook: Emotion Processing in Bilinguals
The relationship between language and culture plays a vital role in what word is used to express a particular emotion.
-
The Littlest Linguists: New Research on Language Development
New research on language acquisition, bilingualism, and speech perception.
-
How Brains Seamlessly Switch between Languages
Billions of people worldwide speak two or more languages. (Though the estimates vary, many sources assert that more than half of the planet is bilingual or multilingual.) One of the most common experiences for these individuals is a
-
New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on sharing and withholding information and social cohesion, the importance of language analysis, the neuroscience of social learning, how diversity matters for knowledge, regional variation in personality, interventions to help minoritized students in college transitions, and individual differences in structure building and their impact on learning.
