[ Science Communication] Why We Love Suffixes: The Fascinating Cognitive Bias Shaping Language
Inês C. Ferreira
28 february, 2025≈ 1 min read
On February 14, our PhD student Inês C. Ferreira contributed a post to the Cambridge University Press Blog titled "Why we love suffixes: The fascinating cognitive bias shaping language".
The post explores how cognitive biases influence language processing, with a particular focus on our (apparent) preference for suffixes. This contribution is part of the research carried out at the LMD lab.
You can read the full blog post here.
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