What Makes Hemingway Hemingway?
On the psychology of artistic style
By Jessica Love Thursday, January 15, 2015
On Expecting Things to Fall Apart
We understand entropy surprisingly early in life
By Jessica Love Thursday, January 8, 2015
Limericks That Leave You Hanging
When we expect to hear a rhyme and don’t
By Jessica Love Thursday, December 18, 2014
When Nouns Verb Oddly
Verb meanings are slipperier than noun meanings
By Jessica Love Thursday, November 13, 2014
Are Our Screams, Sighs, and Giggles Universal?
Two studies suggest yes and no
By Jessica Love Thursday, November 6, 2014
Don’t Mock the Monocle (A Webcomic)
On our unspoken preferences for ordering adjectives
By Jessica Love Thursday, October 30, 2014
My Feeling for 11 Is Almost One of Pity
A new study argues that some synesthetic associations may be learned
By Jessica Love Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Allure of the Intuitive
What happens when we no longer understand our own minds?
By Jessica Love Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Allure of the Counterintuitive
It’s not enough for social science to inform: it must surprise
By Jessica Love Thursday, February 28, 2013
Ye Olde Blogge Postte
An ironic phrase with an ironic past
By Jessica Love Thursday, February 14, 2013
Aquatic Cognition
Small aquatic creatures learn (and forget) to live another day
By Jessica Love Thursday, February 7, 2013
Of Mutant Mice—and Men
What can rodents tell us about language learning?
By Jessica Love Thursday, January 31, 2013
What Your Child Watches When She Watches TV
2-D learning about a 3-D world
By Jessica Love Thursday, January 24, 2013
Demons Where Once There Were None
Exploring the darker powers of suggestion
By Jessica Love Thursday, January 17, 2013
