2012 Archive
Brain’s Desire for Clarity Shapes Language
October 16, 2012
Cognitive scientists have good news for linguistic purists terrified about the corruption of their mother tongue.
Continue ReadingThe Marshmallow Study Revisited
October 11, 2012
For the past four decades, the “marshmallow test” has served as a classic experimental measure of children’s self-control: will a preschooler eat one of the fluffy white confections now or hold out for two later?
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