Never been happy with the idea that language outcomes scale linearly with exposure: that more input yields more word learning. Turns out that it (probably) isn’t true. There is a sufficient frequency threshold! And where is the threshold? That depends on what you already know 2/

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Our first paper introducing the concept of sufficient frequency in word learning is out in JEP:General. 🧵👶💬https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2028-07021-001.html

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The chemistry Nobel this year got me remembering what it was like to receive groundbreaking research like Soai's key paper at Nature. Sometimes you knew it; sometimes (as in this case) you didn't. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/what...

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this photo by Diego Perez, from Peru, for the Nikon Comedy wildlife photography awards lol www.dpreview.com/photography/...

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A limited number of crab and frog facts advent calendars are now available at SquidFacts.net! These need to be made by hand, so we’ve been phasing them out but I was very lucky to have some help this week making some more in the lead up to December. Get ‘em while they’re here! SquidFacts.net

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