Month: July 2022

Contact Lens Users Admit to Unsafe Habits

Imagine you bought a fancy designer dress that you loved so much, you decided to wear it to bed every night. Sure, it may save some time and effort getting dressed in the morning, but is it worth risking the dress getting damaged or even yourself getting hurt? Well, according to a recent survey, many […]

Published on July 16, 2022

Heavy Tails and the Shape of Modified Numerals

When it comes to the modified numeral ‘more than n,’ its implicatures are influenced by the roundness of n. Scientific studies have provided evidence for this intriguing pattern and proposed explanations rooted in pragmatics and the approximate number system. However, until now, there has been no formal account to fully capture the listener’s posterior distribution […]

Published on July 16, 2022

Exploring Changes in Caregivers’ Word Usage throughout Early Childhood

Imagine caregivers as gardeners tending to the seeds of knowledge in children’s minds. Just as these gardeners use different tools and techniques as the plants grow, caregivers also change their use of words as children develop. A recent study delves into this phenomenon by analyzing caregiver speech to younger versus older children. They found that […]

Published on July 16, 2022