Voices of Excellence from Arts and Sciences

Why did the chicken cross the road? Laura Wagner says it had a story to tell


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Professor of Psychology Laura Wagner studies how children acquire language and learn about meaning, such as the progression of time in storytelling. Their interpretations of even simple stories like the famous chicken joke reveal hidden meanings about complicated linguistics and complex concepts of time. She discusses this and more with David Staley on this week's Voices of Excellence
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