Imagine you’re piecing together a complex puzzle, trying to understand the hidden intricacies of language and cognition. Well, that’s exactly what these clever scientists did in Löhr and Michel’s study! They built a neurocognitive model, like a blueprint for how our brains process information, to explore the acceptability of copredication sentences. These are sentences that […]
Understanding how hierarchical logical reasoning develops is like discovering the intricate roots of a towering tree. Hierarchical cognitive mechanisms are the invisible gears that power complex human behaviors such as language, music, math, tool-use, and understanding others’ minds. The scientific community has long sought to unravel the origins of this type of reasoning, but it […]
Picture this: you’re reading a mystery novel, and the detective says, ‘Some of today’s letters have checks inside.’ Your super sleuth brain automatically jumps to the conclusion that not all the letters have checks. But what if I told you that this implicature actually depends on the speaker’s knowledgeability? According to some smarty-pants scientists, if […]
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