Month: July 2024

Lexical and Social Effects on the Learning and Integration of Inflectional Morphology

Abstract People learn language variation through exposure to linguistic interactions. The way we take part in these interactions is shaped by our lexical representations, the mechanisms of language processing, and the social context. Existing work has looked at how we learn and store variation in the ambient language. How this is mediated by the social […]

Published on July 30, 2024

Working from home is stifling innovation

Remote and hybrid working may be great for employees’ work-life balance, but it may be stifling innovation, according to new research. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for […]

Published on July 30, 2024

‘Holiday’ or ‘Vacation’: Similar language leads to more cooperation

‘Holiday’ or ‘vacation’, ‘to start’ or ‘to begin’, ‘my friend’s cat’ or ‘the cat of my friend’ — in our language, there are different ways of expressing the same things and concepts. But can the choice of a particular variant determine whether we prefer to cooperate with certain people rather than with others? A research […]

Published on July 30, 2024