Simon Barthelme blog

Meaning in sounds?

Disclaimer: I'm venturing far, far, from my domain of expertise, supposing I even have such a thing. I know nothing about psycholinguistics (i.e., I need to be reminded on a regular basis about the

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Culture and Perception, part II: The Muller-Lyer illusion

Another post from our holiday collection of oldies but goodies. The first post in the series dealt with Nisbett's findings on different patterns of attention in Asian and Western cultures, and I

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Culture and Perception

While taking a break, we are happy to republish some of our favorite 'oldies but goodies'. This one was first put online in December of last year (2008). It was the first installment of  a series of

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