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Language proves we’re all optimists at heart

February 10, 2015No Comments

From ABC News in Science, 10 February 2015: A study of the most frequently used words across 10 different languages proves that we do always look on the bright side of life. Researchers from the Hedonometer Project, which aims to measure the real-time happiness of populations, used native speakers to rate their emotional response to … Continue reading Language proves we’re all optimists at heart

Grammar hardwired into our brains

April 9, 2014No Comments

From ABC News in Science, 1 April 2014: Shoes two blue or shoes blue two: which phrase makes more sense? Certain grammatical rules may be hardwired into our brains so we have an instinctive sense of how certain types of words should be grouped together, no matter what language we speak, a new study suggests. … Continue reading Grammar hardwired into our brains