Learning words in a bilingual world. ABSTRACT: In the U.S., 1/3 of children hear a language other than English in the home and have the opportunity for bilingual language development. Yet, the mechanisms behind word learning across two languages have not been clearly outlined. In this talk, I will present two lines of work focused […]
Six Dimensions of Dance Cognition. ABSTRACT: There is a growing body of work in philosophy, cognitive science, and neuroscience that tries to better understand the mind by examining it in the context of dance. Such work is often premised on the idea that dance demonstrates important, general, and underappreciated features of human thought. However, existing […]
A group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the Department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins, are offering one-on-one mentoring about applying to our department, with priority given to prospective students from underrepresented groups. The sign up form will remain open until November 15, but we strongly encourage you to respond by November 5 for […]
Development of relational reasoning: When do children pass the Relational Match-to-Sample task? ABSTRACT: Relational ability—the ability to compare situations or ideas and discover common relations – is a key process in higher-order cognition that underlies transfer in learning and creative problem solving. For this reason, it has generated intense interest both among developmentalists and in […]