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Abstract In the first year of life, infants’ speech perception becomes attuned to the sounds of their native language. This process of early phonetic learning has traditionally been framed as phonetic category acquisition. However, recent studies have hypothesized that the attunement may instead reflect a perceptual space learning process that does not involve categories. In […]
Imagine you’re at a party, and there are two people who want to make a good impression. One person is drawn to the positive qualities of others and naturally wants to cooperate with them. The other person feels pressured by societal norms to associate with ‘good’ individuals. This article explores how reputation systems can create […]
Imagine your sense of smell as a reliable detective, searching for clues about your overall health. In the case of Parkinson’s disease (PD), this detective often loses its way. A recent study investigated how changes in olfaction, or the sense of smell, relate to both motor and non-motor symptoms in PD. By studying two groups […]
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