Day 1 of the Summer School in CogSci!!
9:30 am. Lecture Hall Room 409, New Bulgarian University (NBU), Sofia. First thing I can say is that I'm really nervous. Mostly about the...


International Summer School in Cognitive Science
Reading Metaphors We Live By and dipping my pinkie toe into the world of cognitive science made me want to jump right in and explore...


The Mind Reader's Guide to Metaphor: Udemy Course
I found a course on Udemy (an online learning platform that targets adults who want to add specific skill sets to their resumes or just...


Metaphors for Crime Observations and Reflection (Elementary School Edition)
I just got back from Skippack Elementary, where I did the Metaphors for Crime experiment with my little sister's 5th grade class! (not...
Metaphor and Reasoning Experiment Pre-Lab
Irina Koleva IS COMMotion/Heidt Period 10 04/08/17 Metaphor Pre-Lab General Vocabulary and Pre-Lab Questions: What scientific topic is...


PVHS STEAM Expo video!!
The Perk Valley STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Expo is completely online this year!! COMMotion was asked...


Finding Mentors and Connections
Okay. Another reality check. The first marking period for the independent study has passed, and I have one more left to go. I have 3...


Doing experiments with metaphors
Today I had a meeting with my little sister's 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Woodward. I had approached her via email about a week or two ago,...


Why learning is a bodily process
I was watching a lecture by George Lakoff on the Embodiment Hypothesis. In this lecture, he discusses consciousness, saying how "all...


Understanding limitations
I have a tendency to overreach. No matter what it is I'm doing - working on a project, exercising, choosing what classes to take, working...