Linda Skitka, PhD Department of Psychology University of Illinois at Chicago The Social and Political Implications of Moral Conviction Scholars often assume that some issues globally evoke moral reactions, whether these issues are presented as moral dilemmas (e.g., trolley problems) or as controversial issues of the day (e.g., the legal status of abortion). […]
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MindCORE & CURF present: Behind the CV: Stories from Faculty A “Growing Up in Science” event Thursday, January 23rd, 4pm-5pm Come join us as we chat with: Kathryn Schuler, PhD Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department Principal Investigator, Child Language Lab University of Pennsylvania Learn more about “Behind the CV: Stories from Faculty” HERE.
Bill Haddican Department of Linguistics CUNY Queens College Title and abstract forthcoming
Gregory Corder Department of Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania Pain in the Brain or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Inanimate Objects Our conscious experiences of pain and pleasure share many similar qualities: both narrow one’s range of focus, prioritize attention, occupy mental capacity and make it difficult to think about anything […]
Bill Haddican Department of Linguistics CUNY Aspects of change in New York City English short-a This talk focuses on change in the “short-a system” of New York City English (NYCE)— the set of phonological conditions on vowel quality in words like bag, hat and bang. A growing body of production results suggest that […]