2012 Archive
Brains 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 childrens self-control: will a preschooler eat one of the fluffy white confections now or hold out for two later?
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