New research shows that even the sound of a name can influence how job candidates are judged.
- Professor of Psychology, Western University
NYT’s latest game reveals how our memory works to remember words.
People with aphantasia are unable to deliberately bring to mind mental images. Understanding the mechanisms of aphantasia reveals that different types of cognition exist.
Given the clear importance of language skills for lifelong outcomes, it is critical to set children up early for language success.
Children may hear a lot of words when sitting in front of or interacting with screens, but to learn language children need to interact with physical objects.
Like a Scrabble habit, a passion for Wordle isn’t likely to make you smarter or ward off brain aging. But it may give you a daily dose of complex cognition combined with social interaction.
Plus, why sarcasm is so difficult for children to understand – and how to help them. Listen to episode 23 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Understanding sarcasm is related to the ability to recognize the thoughts and emotions of others, to empathize and to consider two things being simultaneously true.
Playful activities that involve choice, active engagement and moments of delight are what children need this summer during the pandemic.
Early experiences sharing and developing positive connections, language and communication set the stage for home reading to start children on the path to literacy.
New research shows that there’s much in a name: people will use the sounds in names to infer someone’s physical and personality traits.
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