Month: March 2024

Evaluating the Relative Importance of Wordhood Cues Using Statistical Learning

Abstract Identifying wordlike units in language is typically done by applying a battery of criteria, though how to weight these criteria with respect to one another is currently unknown. We address this question by investigating whether certain criteria are also used as cues for learning an artificial language—if they are, then perhaps they can be […]

Published on March 18, 2024

As More States Target Disavowed ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back

Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in several states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony. In January, California became the first state to prohibit the medical term from many official proceedings. Now, […]

Published on March 18, 2024