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November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Baby talk words

Cartoon head with speech bubble on one side saying "Hello" and on the other side, saying "Hola"

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Bilingualism myths and misconceptions

Philosophy animation still

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Philosophy for primary pupils

An image of the Scottish train bridge featured in Harry Potter

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

A (very) short introduction to time travel and film

Illustration of woman talking into man's ear

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Don’t believe your ears!

Animation still of person in the centre with sound waves going in to one ear and sound waves coming out of their mouth

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Language evolves

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Working memory: An adversarial collaboration

Map of Scotland

August 15, 2019August 6, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The origins of Scots

WoMAAC animation still, depicting the three lead researchers as cartoons

August 8, 2019August 6, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

WoMAAC: Working memory across the adult lifespan

PhD psychology student Marios hosts dinner

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Cooking?! The culinary story of a PhD student

White question mark on jade green background

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

What is a question?

Group photo of the Lothian Birth Cohort in 2018

June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

shop window with "cafe, deli, bar" in red fluorescent light

May 28, 2019November 22, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Lost for words – in your native language

Photo of Tree rings by Aleksandar Radovanovic from Unsplash photos

April 29, 2019May 28, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Objectification, Knowledge, and Pornography

Caroline Heycock on copular clauses

April 22, 2019May 28, 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

An introduction to copular clauses