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Abstract As children gradually master grammatical rules, they often go through a period of producing form-meaning associations that were not observed in the input. For example, 2- to 3-year-old English-learning children use the bare form of verbs in settings that require obligatory past tense meaning while already starting to produce the grammatical –ed inflection. While […]
Just like a greasy frying pan needs a good scrub to prevent buildup, our bodies have a natural defense mechanism called aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) that helps detoxify harmful byproducts produced when cooking oil is heated. One particular byproduct, hydroxynonenal, has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists have discovered that hydroxynonenal can trigger a cascade […]
Imagine cooking up a complex thought using a recipe book of primitive concepts. That’s the idea behind the ‘language of thought’ theory, which suggests that our mental representations are like ingredients that can be combined to create new thoughts. Some have argued that this theory is impossible to implement in the brain, but new research […]
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