TITLE Do Birds Have Language? In the cheeps, trills and tweets of birdsong, scientists find some parallels with human speech DESCRIPTION What an absolutely fascinating article!!! The article takes a deep dive into the cognitive ability we call language. The authors define and discuss the complexity of our language ability and numerous studies that… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Cognition
Psychology Update — That ‘tip-of-the-tongue’ feeling when a memory is elusive is more likely to happen in groups
TITLE That ‘tip-of-the-tongue’ feeling when a memory is elusive is more likely to happen in groups DESCRIPTION We have all experience the “tip of the tongue” phenomenon when asked a question: we feel that we know the answer but it just ever so slightly eludes us. “On the surface, a tip-of-the-tongue feeling reflects a memory… Read more »
Psychology Update — Why It’s So Hard to Learn Another Language After Childhood
TITLE Why It’s So Hard to Learn Another Language After Childhood DESCRIPTION “The study, published in the journal Cognition,(click to go to the Cognition reference itself) found that it’s “nearly impossible” for language learners to reach native-level fluency if they start learning a second tongue after age 10 — though that doesn’t seem to… Read more »
Psychology Update — Laurel or Yanny? What We Heard From the Experts
TITLE Laurel or Yanny? What We Heard From the Experts DESCRIPTION Similar to the “controversy” over whether a dress was perceived as white and gold or blue and black. (New York Times, February 27, 2015, http://tinyurl.com/yatuo6jd), another debate has arisen over how words have been auditory perceived. The controversy involves whether listeners hear a… Read more »
Psychological Science: The Curious Mind
Abnormal Psychology, 15th Edition DSM-5-TR Update
Behavioral Neuroscience
Personality, 15th Edition
Cognition, 11th Edition
