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Personal pronouns (like she, he, and they) provide insight into language

People signal their gender identity by using gendered and gender-neutral pronouns pronouns. It’s increasingly popular to include one’s preferred pronouns in email signatures, Twitter bios, etc. This usage provides an opportunity to research how people understand language. In this interview, I speak with Jennifer Arnold (pictured below) about her paper on the topic recently published in Psychonomic […]

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Knocking a longstanding theory of distance perception

Once upon a time, Kepler and Descartes proposed that vergence is the critical absolute distance cue. And that theory lived happily ever after. Until Paul Linton‘s paper. In this podcast, I interview Paul (pictured below) about his work published in the Psychonomic Society journal Attention, Perception & Psychophysics.  Learn about longstanding theories and Linton’s research […]

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L&B Special Issue: Interview with Irene Pepperberg

Professor Irene Pepperberg (pictured below) is the awardee of the Comparative Cognition Society‘s Annual Research Award for 2020 for her body of work. With that, it is a Special Issue in Learning & Behavior in honor of her research contributions. In the interview, she reflects on her career, gives her 20-year self some advice, talks about research with African Grey […]

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How aware are remote operators of autonomous vehicles?

The title of this post is “How are aware remote operators of autonomous vehicles?” According to a new paper by Mutzenich, Durant, Helman, and Dalton (pictured below) published in the Psychonomic Society journal Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, the answer is: we don’t know. One of the points of the paper is to urge researchers to […]

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Right-wing authoritarianism and reduced updating

I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Allie Sinclair to chat about her latest paper published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. True or False? Diamonds are formed when coal undergoes high pressure. Coffee reduces the influence of alcohol. Sunflowers turn to track the sun across the sky. All are false. If you happened to […]

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L&B Special Issue: Interview with Lisa Leaver

In this interview, I talk with Lisa Leaver about her paper published in the Learning & Behavior Special Issue in Honor of Stephen Lea. Transcription Intro Fazio: You’re listening to All Things Cognition, a Psychonomic Society podcast. Now here’s your host, Laura Mickes. Interview with co-Guest Editor Lisa Leaver Mickes: I’m back with Lisa Leaver and I […]

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For a cognitive boost, offload it: Interview with Boldt and Gilbert

I met with Annika Boldt and Sam Gilbert (pictured below) to interview them about their paper recently published in the Psychonomic Society journal Cognitive Principles: Research and Implications called “Confidence guides spontaneous cognitive offloading.”  When we do something to minimize cognitive demands, we are offloading. This is especially common when we write notes and set alerts, for […]

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Interview with Jennifer Coane about the memorability of tweets

Jennifer Coane and I chatted about how her life as an academic has changed as a result of COVID-19, her recent paper with Kimberly Bourne, Sarah Boland, and Grace Arnold (pictured below) published in Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, and what the results of that research may mean during these challenging times. The paper is called “Reading […]

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Interview with Jonathon Crystal about reducing face touches to reduce COVID-19 spread

Jonathon Crystal and I met online to talk about the first set of recommendations – to reduce face touching – made by the Behavioral Science Response to COVID-19 Working Group. Our hands are disease vectors, so by reducing the times we touch our faces, we reduce the chances of transferring the virus from our hands to […]

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CR:PI Special Issue announcement: Interview with Guest Editor Lauren Williams

I talk with Lauren Williams about the announcement of an upcoming Special Issue. Transcription Intro Curley: You’re listening to All Things Cognition, a Psychonomic Society podcast. Interview Mickes: Hi Lauren. Thanks for talking to me. Williams: Hi Laura. Mickes: So you’re going to be a Guest Editor for a Special Issue in the journal Cognitive Research Principles and Implications […]

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