When we launched the Psychonomic Society’s featured content site back in 2014, we had a simple idea: take the remarkable work of cognitive scientists and make it approachable, inviting a broader community into the conversation. Over the years, we did just that. Through blog posts (over 800!), podcasts (6 seasons!), interviews, research highlights, and digital […]
Years ago, I was staying with a few flatmates during an exchange program. Conversations in this type of setting tend to have a good dose of randomness, and here is a funny one that I remembered while writing this post. One day, one of my flatmates asked: “Have you seen a red and purple toothbrush?” […]
In this podcast episode, Jonathan Caballero interviews Dr. Angela de Bruin about a recent paper published in Memory and Cognition exploring how brief listening exposure to people switching languages can influence the speakers’ language control behavior. Transcript Melinh Lai: You’re listening to All Things Cognition, a Psychonomic Society podcast. Jonathan Caballero: Welcome to All Things […]
In this podcast episode, Jonathan Caballero interviews Oliver Bontkes and Dr. Eva Rubínová about their recent paper published in Memory and Cognition about repeated‑event memories and how their position on the semantic–episodic continuum can differ. Transcript Kosovicheva: You are listening to all Things Cognition, a Psychonomic Society podcast. Caballero: I’m Jonathan Caballero, and I will […]
Can a “fish” be friends with a “dish” – a new open-access resource for phonological network research
A common trope in high school movies involves the protagonist being given a tour of the various student cliques, where distinctive groups like the rowdy football players, the fashionable mean girls, and the school bullies are all seated at different cafeteria tables and looking unfriendly to anyone not in their group. While reality is more […]
Our world is incredibly vast and culturally diverse. One of the evident ways in which cultures differ includes their religious beliefs, creating a rich array of expressions and practices. Wandering through China, for example, you are likely to encounter marvelous Buddhist temples, whereas in Indonesia, mosques are the most common type of religious building. Similarly, […]
I hate going grocery shopping, so when I go to the supermarket, I usually have a shopping list and try to quickly find what I want in the sea of grocery objects on each aisle to finish as soon as possible. I guess I’ve got better at this over the years, but I still don’t […]
AI is everywhere nowadays. Its potential to support our work is exciting, and its results can range from impressive to hilarious, depending on the context. Here is a little challenge for you. Check out the video of this gymnast and then this other one. Can you tell apart which of these gymnasts is a real […]
Last week, I was eating dinner with some friends. One friend shared his dream, in which he was taking a high school exam and was just so nervous about thinking how he didn’t study and hence wouldn’t pass. That gave us all a good chuckle – we are all adults way beyond our high school […]
Have you ever been inside an MRI scanner? I recently got in one and it was quite the experience. After a short introduction to the process, including a question about whether I was claustrophobic, they gave me earplugs – because it’s NOISY inside the machine, yes, in capitals – and then they proceeded to slide […]