Mike Palij wrote in response to my query: >Recently Pinker has been busier writing for popular audiences, >writing reviews, commentaries, etc. than publishing empirical >research reports but the short answer to your question is Huang >& Pinker 2010 (see list below)…. […]
Thanks for the info, Mike. I was under the impression that in recent times he spent most of his time writing books and enjoying the life of a media superstar. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --------------------------------- Re:[tips] Late Night With [Insert Name Of Favorite Scientist] Michael Palij Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:45:06 -0800 On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:04:28 -0800, Allen Esterson wrote: >Mike Palij linked to this article in the New York Times: > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/science/mit-physicist-gives-scientists-an-online-interview-outlet.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26 > >The author of the article John Markoff ("senior writer… writes for the paper's >science section") describes Steven Pinker as an "experimental psychologist". So >what was the last experiment in psychology that Pinker undertook? Recently Pinker has been busier writing for popular audiences, writing reviews, commentaries, etc. than publishing empirical research reports but the short answer to your question is Huang & Pinker 2010 (see list below). PsycInfo lists 91 publications (which is probably an underestimate) for Pinker of which 22 are empirical research reports. I provide a reference list below for these 22 articles. Pinker was particularly influential in the cognitive psychology community in the 1980s with his research on mental imagery. Since then his interests have expanded. Still, he needs to get a good haircut. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu References Berent, I., Pinker, S., & Shimron, J. (1999). Default nominal inflection in hebrew: Evidence for mental variables. Cognition, 72(1), 127-138. doi:10.1016/S0010-0277(99)00027-X Berent, I., Pinker, S., & Shimron, J. (2002). The nature of regularity and irregularity: Evidence from hebrew nominal inflection. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 31(5), 459-502. doi:10.1023/A:1021256819323 Berent, I., Pinker, S., Tzelgov, J., Bibi, U., & Goldfarb, L. (2005). Computation of semantic number from morphological information. Journal of Memory and Language, 53(3), 342-358. doi:10.1016/j.jml.2005.05.002 Bregman, A. S., & Pinker, S. (1978). Auditory streaming and the building of timbre. Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne De Psychologie, 32(1), 19-31. doi:10.1037/h0081664 Cave, K. R., Pinker, S., Giorgi, L., & Thomas, C. E. (1994). The representation of location in visual images. Cognitive Psychology, 26(1), 1-32. doi:10.1006/cogp.1994.1001 Finke, R. A., & Pinker, S. (1983). Directional scanning of remembered visual patterns. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 9(3), 398-410. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.9.3.398 Finke, R. A., & Pinker, S. (1982). Spontaneous imagery scanning in mental extrapolation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 8(2), 142-147. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.8.2.142 Finke, R. A., Pinker, S., & Farah, M. J. (1989). Reinterpreting visual patterns in mental imagery. Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 13(1), 51-78. Gropen, J., Pinker, S., Hollander, M., & Goldberg, R. (1991). Affectedness and direct objects: The role of lexical semantics in the acquisition of verb argument structure. Cognition.Special Issue: Lexical and Conceptual Semantics, 41(1-3), 153-195. doi:10.1016/0010-0277(91)90035-3 Huang, Y. T., & Pinker, S. (2010). Lexical semantics and irregular inflection. Language and Cognitive Processes, 25(10), 1411-1461. doi:10.1080/01690961003589476 Kim, J. J., Marcus, G. F., Pinker, S., & Hollander, M. (1994). Sensitivity of children's inflection to grammatical structure. Journal of Child Language, 21(1), 173-209. doi:10.1017/S0305000900008710 Marcus, G. F., Brinkmann, U., Clahsen, H., Wiese, R., & Pinker, S. (1995). German inflection: The exception that proves the rule. Cognitive Psychology, 29(3), 189-256. doi:10.1006/cogp.1995.1015 Millenson, J. R., Allen, R. B., & Pinker, S. (1977). Adjunctive drinking during variable and random-interval food reinforcement schedules. Animal Learning & Behavior, 5(3), 285-290. Pinker, S. (1980). Mental imagery and the third dimension. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 109(3), 354-371. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.109.3.354 Pinker, S., Choate, P. A., & Finke, R. A. (1984). Mental extrapolation in patterns constructed from memory. Memory & Cognition, 12(3), 207-218. Pinker, S., & Finke, R. A. (1980). Emergent two-dimensional patterns in images rotated in depth. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 6(2), 244-264. doi:10.1037/0096-1523.6.2.244 Pinker, S., & Kosslyn, S. M. (1978). The representation and manipulation of three-dimensional space in mental images. Journal of Mental Imagery, 2(1), 69-84. Pinker, S., Lebeaux, D. S., & Frost, L. A. (1987). Productivity and constraints in the acquisition of the passive. Cognition, 26(3), 195-267. doi:10.1016/S0010-0277(87)80001-X Prasada, S., & Pinker, S. (1993). Generalisation of regular and irregular morphological patterns. Language and Cognitive Processes, 8(1), 1-56. doi:10.1080/01690969308406948 Sahin, N. T., Pinker, S., Cash, S. S., Schomer, D., & Halgren, E. (2009). Sequential processing of lexical, grammatical, and phonological information within broca's area. Science, 326(5951), 445-449. doi:10.1126/science.1174481 Tarr, M. J., & Pinker, S. (1989). Mental rotation and orientation-dependence in shape recognition. Cognitive Psychology, 21(2), 233-282. doi:10.1016/0010-0285(89)90009-1 Tarr, M. J., & Pinker, S. (1990). When does human object recognition use a viewer-centered reference frame? Psychological Science, 1(4), 253-256. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00209.x --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. 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