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| For fish, fear smells like sugar Posted: 23 Feb 2012 10:30 AM PST When one fish gets injured, the rest of the school takes off in fear, tipped off by a mysterious substance known as "Schreckstoff" (meaning "scary stuff" in German). Now, researchers have figured out what that scary stuff is really made of. |
| You can't do the math without the words: Amazonian tribe lacks words for numbers Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:40 AM PST An anthropological linguist has shown that the language of the Piraha, an Amazonian tribe, lacks number words and as a result the people have a difficult time performing common quantitative tasks. The findings add new insight to the way people acquire knowledge, perception and reasoning. The study highlights the unique insight we gain about people by studying indigenous languages. |
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