Well, Son of a Biscuit: Swearing Correlated with Honesty
New research finds a consistent, positive relationship between the use of profane language and honesty… More
Language
Language Lessons Start in the Womb
The New York Times: New research is teasing out more of the profoundly miraculous process of language learning in babies… More
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring the emergence of abstract grammatical categories in children’s speech, the development of a sense of body ownership, and adaptable categorization of hands and tools among prosthesis users… More
The Challenges of Being Bilingual
People who are bilingual have what psychological scientists call a “hard problem.” Even when they are speaking one language, lexical… More
Alienating the Audience: How Abbreviations Hamper Scientific Communication
Consistent with the movement toward open science, three researchers call for ending the often confusing and off-putting use of abbreviations in scientific communication… More
If you want to get smarter, speed-reading is worse than not reading at all
Quartz: We all know that reading is important. But we’re also busy. So we try to optimize by reading more… More