Language is creative. One of the hallmarks of human language is that it is endlessly
generative. People use a small set of syntactic rules and a large, but finite, set of words to …

In the comedy film Office Space, a depressed software technician named Peter shambles
into his place of work and is greeted with the phrase,“Looks like someone has a case of the …

Ever since Broca documented the relation between damage to the left hemisphere and
aphasia, claims have been made regarding the intellectual inferiority of the right …

Present findings indicate that hippocampal region (HR) damage impairs aspects of everyday
language comprehension and production that require creativity ___ defined as the ability to …

The human brain does a remarkable job of automatically shielding us from the potential
ambiguities of everyday situations. To appreciate just how good a job it does, try this simple …

There are many ways in which we, as speakers, are creative in how we form and interpret
new words. Working across the interfaces of psychology, linguistics, psycholinguistics, and …

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll was published in 1871 as a sequel to Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and has remained a popular, intriguing classic. Through …

In recent years, the field of cognitive neuroscience has flourished as new tools allow
researchers to peer inside the workings of the living brain. At the same time, those interested …

Knowing more than one language provides a speaker with an increased pool of linguistic
experiences and concepts. This expanded language knowledge is thought to benefit …

Understanding the very nature of creativity is a hot topic in research across various
disciplines and has profound societal relevance. In this contribution, we discuss verbal …