A new study presents and evaluates a way for nauseated children to indicate their level of medical distress (thanks to investigator Neil Gaiman for bringing it to our attention): “Development and Validation of a Pictorial Nausea Rating Scale for Children,” Amy L. Baxter [pictured below], Mehernoor F. Watcha, William Valentine Baxter, Traci Leong and Matthew M. Wyatt, […]
Tag: children
Grammar can be fun
Grammar Can Be Fun, a book written and drawn by Munro Leaf in 1934, is a treat for linguistics scholars and budding linguistics scholars. It is a recommended inappropriate book for kids. Here’s an image of one of its pages. Note that the title is correct. It specifies that grammar can be fun, but does […]
Animal sounds by humans (international)
The Bzzzpeek project collects sounds that people make to imitate various animals. They also collect imitations of vehicle sounds. They recently added Bulgarian imitators to the mix. (Thanks to investigator Jean Berko Gleason for bringing this to our attention.)
The Wug Test and Its Creator
Jean Berko Gleason, known to some as the Welcome Welcome Lecturer at the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, is known to even more — lots more — people as the creator of the Wug Test. The Secret Life of Scientists takes a look: