#CogCrumbs - Benjamin U Marsh, PhD

A collection of short essays about my research (#Ueldata) and the interesting work of other scholars (#Uelsights) in psychology. Here, I hope to bring cognitive research out of the lab and into focus.

No Room in the Poetry Circle for Me

I tried to write a poem today; to reacquire the artform. One word over the other, then the mind sunk back to the concepts of my...

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Oct 17, 20213 min read

Do thoughts of the American identity change how you process Other-race faces?

Let us look hard for shared possibilities by diming color's blinding shimmer, so that the Other may come into focus.

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May 15, 20215 min read

Death Finds a Moving Memory

Memories are fickle; an advantageous character flaw if the side-effects of reframing the past is wisdom and emotional prosperity.

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Mar 5, 20213 min read

Those People All Look Alike: Tales of the Cross-Race Effect

It is not that the Other lacks distinction, it is that you fail to notice it.

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Aug 4, 20205 min read

Culture Mediates Our Memory

The shared intimate understanding over the flavor of attention our skin could bring was enough to keep us meaningfully bonded.

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Jul 1, 20206 min read

Bilinguals and their Language Bound Memories

To know two languages is to have two sets of lexical tools to reflect experience.

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Jun 5, 20203 min read

Can Language Mislead Our Memories?

Words slip loose of our intentions, left to be interpreted by our interlocutor’s perspective.

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May 27, 20203 min read

Reinstatement

The concept that got me interested in language and memory. (Photo taken in Portugal with my nephew)

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May 18, 20201 min read