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Psychology and linguistics
Posted by: Rob Ashton
26 / 09 / 13
Writer’s block used to mean sitting at your desk, staring into the empty void that was your screen and hoping for inspiration. Ah, those were the days. Now it’s not emptiness but a world crammed with tempting morsels that’s the problem. Gone is the blank screen. In its place is an infinite variety of distractions, […]
Posted by: Catie Holdridge
20 / 12 / 11
A question for the drivers: how much of the drive to work this morning do you remember? The answer, probably, is not much, because you’re so used to the process that you no longer need to consciously think about it. It’s the same for learning any new skill, including writing. With sustained effort and attention, […]
11 / 02 / 11
Those who see themselves more as ‘number people’ than ‘word people’ might be surprised to learn that their understanding of numbers is actually dependent on language. New research has found that, without language, it is impossible to properly comprehend larger quantities. The findings come from a study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy […]
27 / 01 / 11
Whatever online persona you may have chosen to adopt in your blog, your deepest personality traits may be given away by your choice of words, a new study has found. The specific words bloggers use relate to which of the ‘big five’ personality factors dominates in that person. These factors are: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, […]
18 / 02 / 09
Last Thursday marked the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin: an event that did not go uncelebrated at Emphasis HQ. And even as we hung the streamers and tied up the balloons we were silently thanking the birthday boy for explaining the opposable thumbs that allowed us to do it. I mean, of course, his theory […]
Posted by: em-admin
16 / 11 / 08
Your words could say more about you than you realise. New research suggests that changes in vocabulary could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease. The study by scientists at Southampton university focuses on the speeches of former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson. It supports the theory that he was suffering from the condition but […]
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