Chrissy Cuskley‘s research concerns the way in which cross-modal connections that we all share might have provided a starting point for the evolution of language by giving a non-arbitrary basis for the eventual evolution of symbols. Her experimental work looking at the connections between various senses and linguistic stimuli is featured on the cover of this week’s New Scientist magazine.

Have a look at the New Scientist article, and one of our papers (Simner, Cuskley & Kirby, 2010) for more information.

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