Fascinating article found by A2 student Aimee with some great visualisations of how certain words and concepts seem to map to particular regions of the cortex:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/27/brain-atlas-showing-how-words-are-organised-neuroscience#img-1
Thursday 28 April 2016
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Words that were invented by mistake
A little video in those words that were 'back-formed' -- produced by misunderstanding of their morphology.
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/words-that-were-invented-because-we-actually-just-got-t-1771890009
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/words-that-were-invented-because-we-actually-just-got-t-1771890009
Tuesday 19 April 2016
Timeline & A Street through Time
From the Making-Revision-Fun department, two suggestions for ways to ground your sense of historical context.
The first we played in class: the Timeline series of card games, which test your grasp of the relative order in which key historical events happened. you can get themed packs and even mix them up; in class we used the green and red packs ('Diversity' and 'Historical events'). Play solitaire or with a study buddy.
The second is from A2 student Emily, who suggested this beautifully illustrated book tracking the appearance of a street through time. Others in the series look at cities, farms, and so on too. You can get hold of these very cheaply!
The first we played in class: the Timeline series of card games, which test your grasp of the relative order in which key historical events happened. you can get themed packs and even mix them up; in class we used the green and red packs ('Diversity' and 'Historical events'). Play solitaire or with a study buddy.
The second is from A2 student Emily, who suggested this beautifully illustrated book tracking the appearance of a street through time. Others in the series look at cities, farms, and so on too. You can get hold of these very cheaply!
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