Shiri Lev-Ari
@shirilevari.bsky.social
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Cognitive psychologist studying language, cultural evolution, and (real life) social networks.
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29 days ago
1/10 A new paper by
shirilevari.bsky.social
shows that sound symbolism highlights the properties that distinguish referents from their competitors:
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Sound symbolism highlights relative distinctiveness: Evidence from English vocabulary
There is robust evidence that people associate certain sounds with meanings, yet the prevalence and importance of sound symbolism in natural language …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027725003014?dgcid=rss_sd_all
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If you don't want to read my full paper (How can you not want to read a paper called "Sorries seem to have the harder words"!?), here's my summary of it: How to make your apology more effective – new research
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How to make your apology more effective – new research
Sorry really can be the hardest word.
https://theconversation.com/how-to-make-your-apology-more-effective-new-research-255730?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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📢📢📢New paper: SORRIES SEEM TO HAVE THE HARDER WORDS Link:
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<em>British Journal of Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Is someone who says ‘I'm genuinely sorry’ more sorry than someone who says ‘I'm really sorry’? The studies in this paper show that people use longer words when apologizing (Study 1) and interpret apo....
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12790
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Poll: What proportion of the time does requiring authors to write ‘anonymous’ whenever they cite their papers leads reviewers to know who the authors are vs hides their identity? a) All the time b) 99% of the time c) <50% of the time bc it’s hard to get reviewers from the field
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