Author: Dr. David Lowemann

Organ Donations Drop After Mistaken Death Reports

Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead. It happened in 2021 and while details are murky surgery was avoided and the… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on October 28, 2024

Emerging Roots: Investigating Early Access to Meaning in Maltese Auditory Word Recognition

Abstract In Semitic languages, the consonantal root is central to morphology, linking form and meaning. While psycholinguistic studies highlight its importance in language processing, the role of meaning in early lexical access and its representation remain unclear. This study investigates when meaning becomes accessible during the processing of Maltese verb forms, using a computational model […]

Published on October 28, 2024

Of Mouses and Mans: A Test of Errorless Versus Error‐Based Learning in Children

Abstract For both adults and children, learning from one’s mistakes (error-based learning) has been shown to be advantageous over avoiding errors altogether (errorless learning) in pedagogical settings. However, it remains unclear whether this advantage carries over to nonpedagogical settings in children, who mostly learn language in such settings. Using irregular plurals (e.g., “mice”) as a […]

Published on October 28, 2024