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Shiri Lev-Ari

@shirilevari.bsky.social

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Cognitive psychologist studying language, cultural evolution, and (real life) social networks.

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Cognition @cognitionjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

1/10 A new paper by shirilevari.bsky.social shows that sound symbolism highlights the properties that distinguish referents from their competitors: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A🧵

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Sound symbolism highlights relative distinctiveness: Evidence from English vocabulary

There is robust evidence that people associate certain sounds with meanings, yet the prevalence and importance of sound symbolism in natural language …

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Shiri Lev-Ari @shirilevari.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

If you don't want to read my full paper (How can you not want to read a paper called "Sorries seem to have the harder words"!?), here's my summary of it: How to make your apology more effective – new research theconversation.com/how-to-make-...

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How to make your apology more effective – new research

Sorry really can be the hardest word.

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Shiri Lev-Ari @shirilevari.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

📢📢📢New paper: SORRIES SEEM TO HAVE THE HARDER WORDS Link: doi.org/10.1111/bjop... 🧵

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<em>British Journal of Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

Is someone who says ‘I'm genuinely sorry’ more sorry than someone who says ‘I'm really sorry’? The studies in this paper show that people use longer words when apologizing (Study 1) and interpret apo....

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Shiri Lev-Ari @shirilevari.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Poll: What proportion of the time does requiring authors to write ‘anonymous’ whenever they cite their papers leads reviewers to know who the authors are vs hides their identity? a) All the time b) 99% of the time c) <50% of the time bc it’s hard to get reviewers from the field

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