Since dipping my toe into cross-disciplinary research, I’ve noticed that it seems the best known results of a field are often derided or ignored within the field. For example: Speech perception: Motor theory – based on outmoded idea of there being a special module that evolved for speech perception and action Linguistics: Inuit words for [...]
PhD Viva and Silicone Bake
by Alex on December 1, 2011
Last month was a bit crazy, lots of grant applications in the air and amongst it all my PhD examination with Alan Blackwell and Matthew Fuller. Both are leaders in different fields, it was a real privilege for me to have time with them. It turned out to be a really enjoyable discussion, and they identified [...]