Cognitive skills are the emergent property of distributed neural networks. The distributed nature of these networks does not necessarily imply a lack of specialization of the individual brain structures involved. However, it remains questionable whether discrete aspects of high-level behavior might be the result of localized brain activity of individual nodes within such networks. The phonologi...

These 3 sonnets explore the lives of pop-star Irene Cara, author and Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz, soccer legend Diego Maradona. Though one major sonnet form from literary history has included iambic pentameter, here drop part, but keep pentameter. In sonnet, there traditionally have been rhyme schemes. There is no particular scheme in these sonnets. They are written with a mixture free verse...

In this article, prepared as part of the creative discussion on problems raised in Sergio Mariotti's paper regarding various global economic aspects related to Russian-Ukrainian war, author argues that, despite obvious tendencies towards greater protectionism, one should not excessively expand meaning term "protectionism" thus concealing recent trends direct government interventionism functioni...

Resum: Editem i anotem un plec solt del segle xvii (Barcelona, Sebastià Jaume Mathevat, 1627), de contingut poètic tema nadalenc, que mai no havia estat reimprès malgrat la seva qualitat literària, qual existeixen almenys tres exemplars. És una obra firmada però d’autor desconegut, reelaboració culta, amb elements doctrinals moralizadors, d’un gènere caràcter essencialment tradicional.Paraules ...

Humans know a great deal about relationships among words. This paper discusses relationships among word pronunciations. We describe a computer system which models human judgement of rhyme by assigning specific roles to the location of primary stress, the similarity of phonetic segments, and other factors. By using the model as an experimental tool, we expect to improve our understanding of rhym...

Identical rhymes (right/write, attire/retire) are considered satisfactory and even artistic in French poetry but are considered unsatisfactory in English. This has been a consistent generalization over the course of centuries, a surprising fact given that other aspects of poetic form in French were happily applied in English. This paper puts forward the hypothesis that this difference is not me...