Guy Deutcher's NYT's article on how language affects thought continues to get buzz, as surely his book Through The Language Glass will when people read it (it was just released 3 days ago and is currently #234 on Amazon's book rank). One common reaction amongst bloggers is that Deutscher gives Whorf himself unfairly harsh treatment, and ultimately mis-represents Whorf's own opinions.For example,
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September 4, 2010
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February 27, 2010
what’s adaptive about depression?
Jonah Lehrer has an interesting article in the NYT magazine about a recent Psych Review article by Paul Andrews and J. Anderson Thomson. The basic claim Andrews and Thomson make in their paper is that depression is “an adaptation that evolved as a response to complex problems and whose function is to minimize disruption of [...]... Andrews, P., & Thomson, J. (2009) The bright side o
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November 11, 2009
The fate of Asperger’s syndrome in DSM-V: A follow-up to last week’s article
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. Last week, I wrote an article discussing some of the proposed changes to the autism spectrum in the upcoming DSM-V. The article was based upon a review in the New York Times (NYT) - an...
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