People can sometimes be (or at least come across as) incoherent. Raising the question, is it possible to measure a person’s incoherence, absolutely? For answers, turn to a prominent investigator in the field, Liam Kofi Bright who is a 3rd year Philosophy PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University, US, and who has written a paper […]
Tag: clarity
Masculine Men Mumble? (study)
A joint study from Professor Vera Kempe (The University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland) and two members of the PUTS lab. (Pennsylvania State University, US), Professor David A. Puts, and Dr. Rodrigo A. Cárdenas, has, possibly for the first time, investigated the proposition that ‘Masculine Men Articulate Less Clearly’ (in: Human Nature journal, December 2013, Volume […]
Clear Safety Signs: E Germany wins versus W Germany
Safety signs are one area in which, according to this study, East Germany ultimately triumphed over West Germany: “Should I Stay or Should I Go – Cognitive Conflict in Multi-Attribute Signals Probed with East and West German ‘Ampelmännchen’ Traffic Signs,” Claudia Peschke, Bettina Olk [pictured here], Claus C. Hilgetag, PLoS ONE 8(5), May 24, 2013, […]
How to tell a story
Tim Radford, science editor of the Guardian ’til recently, mastered the art of telling a gripping, good story — no matter how tough the topic. One day Tim wrote some notes about how to do it. Here’s the start of his “Manifesto for the simple scribe” (to see the whole list, click on the link): […]
Words newly banished in Britain
Britain’s Local Government Association has issued its new (2010) list of “250 words the public sector shouldn’t use.” The Association’s announcement mentions a few highlights from the list: Trialogue Wellderly Goldfish bowl facilitated conversation Tonality Webinar Under-capacitated Clienting