Packed off to the brain gym
‘Is playing with my train set using my brain?’ Isaac asks. I blame the video games for this current obsession. HisContinue Reading
Author: Charles Fernyhough
Simulations that run on minds
I talked in an earlier post about the idea that we come to understand other people’s mental states through learningContinue Reading
The televisionlessness of it all
We are not killjoy parents when it comes to life’s small pleasures. Sweets are allowed in moderation, and fizzy drinksContinue Reading
Soren Lorensen was here
More adventures for precocious, adverbally-challenged Lola in Lauren Child’s I am too absolutely small for school. In this story, Lola’sContinue Reading
Happy mother, clever baby?
I’m pleased to see that Roddy Woomble at the Sunday Herald has been enjoying the book as he prepares forContinue Reading
Off to the School of Life
I was pleased to see the School of Life’s website and blog launched this week. Working from its amazing premisesContinue Reading
Scissors, paper, stone
Isaac learned a new game today. The interesting thing about Rock, Paper, Scissors* is that each of the three possible selectionsContinue Reading
The Haircut Trees
Deep in the Alto Alentejo, we are finding new terminologies for unfamiliar bits of landscape. Portugal produces half of the world’sContinue Reading
An immortality of the flesh
If the kids get back in time from their trip to the theatre with their grandparents, we will be sittingContinue Reading
Speaking up for babies
How far should we go in using infants and children for the purposes of entertainment or instruction? As a scientist,Continue Reading
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