University of Wisconsin-Madison

TEACHING

Here’s what I am currently teaching.

In Spring, 2022 I taught a graduate seminar (Psych 711) Learning From Language. (The linked information was from the 2021 version).

UW study asks: How much of an inner voice do you have?
Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming through Their Head
In the Race to Artificial General Intelligence, Where’s the Finish Line?
Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows
‎Many Minds: Lost in translation? on Apple Podcasts
New Study Reveals 25 Most Gender-Biased Languages And Career Impact
How Dozens of Languages Help Build Gender Stereotypes
How Do You Think? Take the Survey
That little voice in your head — if you have it — may be aligning your thoughts
Machine learning reveals role of culture in shaping meanings of words
How Translatable Are Languages? (with Gary Lupyan)
Can a game of vocal charades act out the origin of language?
The Benefits of Talking to Yourself (NYT)
Buzz! Thwack! How sounds become words
Some of the Lab's work mentioned in New Scientist feature article on language
Why dogs growl and light flickers Iconicity may play a surprisingly large role in the English language
Gary Lupyan on Shane Mauss's Here We Are podcast.
Spoken language could tap into 'universal code'
Recreating language’s Big Bang through a game of vocal charades
Words jump-start vision
The magic of words: Transcending the tyranny of the specific
Some Odd Numbers are Odder Than Others