Abstract Proper names—expressions such as “Barack Obama” or “New York”—play a crucial role in the philosophical debate on reference, that is, the relation that allows words to stand for entities of the world. In an elicited production test, Devitt and Porot prompt participants to use proper names to compare the Descriptivist Theory and the Causal-Historical […]

Hippocampal place cells that encode the spatial location of an individual during navigation are widely reported in rodents. However, studies in primates have instead reported hippocampal cells that encode views of the environment. Evolutionary adaptations for navigating during night and day may explain the divergence of hippocampal representations between species. Read Full Article (External Site) […]

The possibility that bilingualism could impact cognitive ability began with research with children [1], but others reported that bilingual middle-aged and older adults outperformed their counterparts on a Simon task commonly used to investigate attention and perception [2]. These results suggested there could be broader implications for bilingualism than had been previously considered. The paper […]