a term in one language rarely has an absolute synonymous meaning in the same language; besides, it rarely has an equivalent meaning in an l2. english synonyms of seeing and hearing are particularly grammatically and semantically different. frame semantics is a good tool for discovering differences between synonymous words in l2 and differences between supposed l1 and l2 equivalents. vocabulary ...

BACKGROUND It has been well established that increasing age is associated with decreasing functional ability in older adults. It is important to understand the specific factors that affect instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and functional independence among older adults with sensory disabilities. METHODS Nationally representative sample of adults aged 55 years and older with seein...

Participants watched a recording of the motions produced when another person wielded a pendulum. The participants’ task was to judge the heaviness of the pendulum. We found that participants were similarly adept at judging the pendulum’s heaviness as when participants wield the pendulum themselves and perceive heaviness haptically. It is hypothesized that people are able to make these visual he...

The ability to represent scientific data and concepts visually is becoming increasingly important due to the unprecedented exponential growth of computational power during the present digital age. The data sets and simulations scientists in all fields can now create are literally thousands of times as large as those created just 20 years ago. Historically successful methods for data visualizati...

People’s social class, and the perceptions of their class are embedded in an institutional context that has important ramifications for one’s life opportunities outcomes. Research on first impressions found people relatively accurate at judging a variety traits such as perceived sexual orientation income, but there is paucity research investigates whether also wealth or class. In this article, ...