The Constant Workout
York psychologist Ellen Bialystok on how neuroplasticity directly addresses the debate of to what extent our thoughts are influenced by the language we speak.
Tag: language
Unsustainable Values
University of Michigan Business Professor Andy Hoffman urges us to profoundly re-examine what it means to be environmentally sustainable.
Encountering Assumptions
Encountering Assumptions highlights the numerous biases and assumptions that are regularly encountered during the search for knowledge.
Communicating Concepts
Communicating Concepts focuses on the challenges and opportunities associated with the communication of knowledge.
Heeding the Signs
UC San Diego linguist Carol Padden describes how Bill Stokoe’s pioneering work on ASL helped shed vital light on the nature of all languages.
Talking Democracy
University of Cambridge political scientist John Dunn’s insights on the role of etymology in his research.