**Do we swear more with friends or with acquaintances? F#ck in social networks**
"_Our findings show that Americans use fuck most frequently, while Australians least frequently but they are highly creative with spelling variants of the word._"
Laitinen, M. et al. (2025) 'Do we swear more with friends or with acquaintances? F#ck in social networks,' Lingua, 320, p. 103931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2025.103931.
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Swearing #SocialMedia #Sociolinguistics #Academia
🧠 **Does mathematics training lead to better logical thinking and reasoning? A cross-sectional assessment from students to professors**
"_The results in this study revealed that in general the greater the mathematics training of the participant, the more tasks were completed correctly, and that performance on some tasks was also associated with performance on others not traditionally associated. A ceiling effect also emerged._"
Cresswell C, Speelman CP (2020) Does mathematics training lead to better logical thinking and reasoning? A cross-sectional assessment from students to professors. PLOS ONE 15(7): e0236153. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236153.
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Maths #Mathematics #Reasoning #Logic #Academia
Not a bot just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Finis