3 stories tagged cognitive-science, newest first.
397 points by smusamashah | 392 comments
Massive Science article (2020) on research finding that language aptitude predicts learning to program better than math ability.
![Screenshot of gwern.net: Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2024/6/22/cdc86675-2b19-489c-9146-d2abd1321636.jpg)
365 points by hardmaru | 279 comments
PDF of a 2024 paper by Fedorenko et al. arguing that language is primarily a tool for communication rather than for thought.
595 points by janandonly | 435 comments
A Slime Mold Time Mold blog post, a reader-submitted finalist in its Mysteries Contest, examining whether human attention spans have actually been declining.