Ryan Rhodes
@langofmind.bsky.social
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Ryan Rhodes
@langofmind.bsky.social
· Jan 1
It's a new year, so I thought I'd do a thread highlighting some of the content from my Cog Sci YouTube channel - Language of Mind!
I'm really into language, the brain, cognition, and the connection between them - and I love science communication. So I made YouTube videos!
I'm really into language, the brain, cognition, and the connection between them - and I love science communication. So I made YouTube videos!
I brought my mom in for a guest lecture today. She did zero prep and killed it
February 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I brought my mom in for a guest lecture today. She did zero prep and killed it
Working on a new board game prototype for the first time in a long time...
January 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Working on a new board game prototype for the first time in a long time...
First day of xenolinguistics class! I have the coolest job in the world 👽🌍
January 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
First day of xenolinguistics class! I have the coolest job in the world 👽🌍
Me: we didn't get anything done this past year, but at least we didn't spend any of our seed grant money!
PI: actually it makes us look bad if our neuroimaging center can't produce research even when we give people free money to do so
Me: ah, well
PI: actually it makes us look bad if our neuroimaging center can't produce research even when we give people free money to do so
Me: ah, well
January 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Me: we didn't get anything done this past year, but at least we didn't spend any of our seed grant money!
PI: actually it makes us look bad if our neuroimaging center can't produce research even when we give people free money to do so
Me: ah, well
PI: actually it makes us look bad if our neuroimaging center can't produce research even when we give people free money to do so
Me: ah, well
I will only add to this post that a lot of deaf ASL signers do read English, which is frankly pretty incredible given that it represents a language they've never heard and don't speak (English).
This would be like reading Korean fluently despite not knowing how any of it is supposed to sound!
This would be like reading Korean fluently despite not knowing how any of it is supposed to sound!
Hi, ASL interpreter of 30 yrs & a person w/ Deaf family here.
In response to the anti-ASL horseshit going around:
ASL and English are not the same language.
ASL has no written form.
Reading English subs is not = to seeing ASL & many Deaf ppl need sign to fully understand info.
In response to the anti-ASL horseshit going around:
ASL and English are not the same language.
ASL has no written form.
Reading English subs is not = to seeing ASL & many Deaf ppl need sign to fully understand info.
January 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I will only add to this post that a lot of deaf ASL signers do read English, which is frankly pretty incredible given that it represents a language they've never heard and don't speak (English).
This would be like reading Korean fluently despite not knowing how any of it is supposed to sound!
This would be like reading Korean fluently despite not knowing how any of it is supposed to sound!
Couldn't agree more
January 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Couldn't agree more
It's a new year, so I thought I'd do a thread highlighting some of the content from my Cog Sci YouTube channel - Language of Mind!
I'm really into language, the brain, cognition, and the connection between them - and I love science communication. So I made YouTube videos!
I'm really into language, the brain, cognition, and the connection between them - and I love science communication. So I made YouTube videos!
January 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It's a new year, so I thought I'd do a thread highlighting some of the content from my Cog Sci YouTube channel - Language of Mind!
I'm really into language, the brain, cognition, and the connection between them - and I love science communication. So I made YouTube videos!
I'm really into language, the brain, cognition, and the connection between them - and I love science communication. So I made YouTube videos!
Every semester I offer an extra credit assignment where students have to explain a concept from class to someone outside of class (a parent, sibling, roommate, friend) and report back what they learned.
This semester I received this gem. This kid gets it 👇
This semester I received this gem. This kid gets it 👇
December 31, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Every semester I offer an extra credit assignment where students have to explain a concept from class to someone outside of class (a parent, sibling, roommate, friend) and report back what they learned.
This semester I received this gem. This kid gets it 👇
This semester I received this gem. This kid gets it 👇
Recently I was trying to think of whether there were any languages that mark present and non-present tense (like English marks past/non-past).
And today I realized English has this distinction in "now" (present) and "then" (past or future). So at least it exists in deictic terms!
And today I realized English has this distinction in "now" (present) and "then" (past or future). So at least it exists in deictic terms!
December 28, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Recently I was trying to think of whether there were any languages that mark present and non-present tense (like English marks past/non-past).
And today I realized English has this distinction in "now" (present) and "then" (past or future). So at least it exists in deictic terms!
And today I realized English has this distinction in "now" (present) and "then" (past or future). So at least it exists in deictic terms!
Are you a recent PhD grad in cog sci, linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, or other cog sci-adjacent field? Do you love teaching?
Rutgers is hiring new teaching postdocs!
Apply here! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...
Rutgers is hiring new teaching postdocs!
Apply here! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...
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December 28, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Are you a recent PhD grad in cog sci, linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, or other cog sci-adjacent field? Do you love teaching?
Rutgers is hiring new teaching postdocs!
Apply here! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...
Rutgers is hiring new teaching postdocs!
Apply here! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...
If you had to create terms to differentiate Merge and its outputs (nested unordered sets of lexical items) and linearization and its outputs (concatenated strings of lexical items), what terms would you choose?
Which would you call "Language"?
Which would you call "Language"?
December 23, 2024 at 3:21 AM
If you had to create terms to differentiate Merge and its outputs (nested unordered sets of lexical items) and linearization and its outputs (concatenated strings of lexical items), what terms would you choose?
Which would you call "Language"?
Which would you call "Language"?
all my core memories are embarrassing injuries
People are always like, "This is a core memory" while watching a sunset with friends or whatever. But all my core memories are, like, the time I was invited to visit the New York Knicks' locker room after the game and though the sandwich buffet was for me when it fact it was for the New York Knicks.
December 17, 2024 at 2:21 PM
all my core memories are embarrassing injuries
When children learn about number, they go through distinct phases. First they learn 1 and become 1-knowers. Then 2-knowers, then 3-knowers. Once they learn 4, they unlock everything.
Question: do you think you could teach a 1-knower to do binary arithmetic?
Question: do you think you could teach a 1-knower to do binary arithmetic?
December 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM
When children learn about number, they go through distinct phases. First they learn 1 and become 1-knowers. Then 2-knowers, then 3-knowers. Once they learn 4, they unlock everything.
Question: do you think you could teach a 1-knower to do binary arithmetic?
Question: do you think you could teach a 1-knower to do binary arithmetic?
Yes Ronald Fisher, please tell me more about your lady tasting problem
December 16, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Yes Ronald Fisher, please tell me more about your lady tasting problem
The English word "horse" doesn't come from the typical PIE root for horse! Instead, it derives from PIE *ḱers- ("run"). So a horse is a running thing! And likewise for bear: the typical PIE *h₂ŕ̥tḱos was replaced by *bʰerH- ("brown"), so a bear is literally a brown one!
December 14, 2024 at 4:34 PM
The English word "horse" doesn't come from the typical PIE root for horse! Instead, it derives from PIE *ḱers- ("run"). So a horse is a running thing! And likewise for bear: the typical PIE *h₂ŕ̥tḱos was replaced by *bʰerH- ("brown"), so a bear is literally a brown one!
I wear my Ecuadorian alpaca wool poncho and drink ginger lemon kombucha while my wife slums it up in a ten-year-old hoodie she got for free from a work vendor and slams a black coffee. We're a modern couple
December 14, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I wear my Ecuadorian alpaca wool poncho and drink ginger lemon kombucha while my wife slums it up in a ten-year-old hoodie she got for free from a work vendor and slams a black coffee. We're a modern couple
Wanted to spend the last day of class work shopping student papers, but instead they decided to teach me the true meaning of Christmas
December 12, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Wanted to spend the last day of class work shopping student papers, but instead they decided to teach me the true meaning of Christmas
A student has just informed me that this is called a "drug rug"
December 10, 2024 at 7:34 PM
A student has just informed me that this is called a "drug rug"
Just came across this meme in my old course files. I don't remember making it, I think it came from a student. Hope they got an A+
December 10, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Just came across this meme in my old course files. I don't remember making it, I think it came from a student. Hope they got an A+
Tabletop gamers don't say "alea jacta est" nearly often enough
December 8, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Tabletop gamers don't say "alea jacta est" nearly often enough
I'm honestly jealous of people who teach humanities. I love science, but the thought of exposing students to something that might fundamentally change the way they live their life or see themselves... How can you top that
December 8, 2024 at 2:54 AM
I'm honestly jealous of people who teach humanities. I love science, but the thought of exposing students to something that might fundamentally change the way they live their life or see themselves... How can you top that
Very honored to win this year's Mind Challenge! I had a lot of fun making this video, and I'm glad people enjoyed it 😁
Dr. Ryan Rhodes @langofmind.bsky.social – from Rutgers University – explain the processes related to memory in an entertaining and informative way. He uses exciting visuals to underscore his approachable teaching style and make his video, well, memorable!
#CogSciMindChallenge
youtu.be/e64-k8Q0n84
#CogSciMindChallenge
youtu.be/e64-k8Q0n84
Why do Our Memories Sometimes Fade or Fail? — Winner of the 2024 CogSci Mind Challenge
YouTube video by CogSci: Interdisciplinary Study of the Mind
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Very honored to win this year's Mind Challenge! I had a lot of fun making this video, and I'm glad people enjoyed it 😁
One of my students was handing out little plastic dinosaurs! Officially the best day of the semester
December 6, 2024 at 7:28 PM
One of my students was handing out little plastic dinosaurs! Officially the best day of the semester
The city of Cartagena in Spain was founded by Phoenicians, who named it Qart Hadasht (Carthage), meaning "new city". When Rome conquered Iberia, they renamed the city Carthago Nova, meaning "New Carthage".
So, Cartagena means "new new city"
Very Futurama vibes
So, Cartagena means "new new city"
Very Futurama vibes
December 6, 2024 at 3:19 PM
The city of Cartagena in Spain was founded by Phoenicians, who named it Qart Hadasht (Carthage), meaning "new city". When Rome conquered Iberia, they renamed the city Carthago Nova, meaning "New Carthage".
So, Cartagena means "new new city"
Very Futurama vibes
So, Cartagena means "new new city"
Very Futurama vibes