Scholars@Duke
Charles Davis

Overview

Charles works on a range of topics in cognitive science, covering semantic memory, language, and embodied cognition. He is particularly interested in how sensory-perceptual experiences and language experience contribute to semantic knowledge, or, what kids know about word meanings.

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In the News

Published May 16, 2021
How Names and Words Shape the Way We Perceive People and Things
Published May 20, 2020
Research Teams Reach Different Results From Same Brain-Scan Data

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Recent Publications

Pictures Are Not Always Worth a Thousand Words: Nonprobative Pictures Did Not Increase the Effectiveness of Misinformation Corrections

Journal Article Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition · January 1, 2025 Much research has focused on the language used for debunking false beliefs: communications should lead with facts, label misinformation as false, and reinforce true information. Pictures are used in debunking messages, but it remains unclear whether they m ... Full text Open Access Cite

Early Production of Imperceptible Words by Infants and Toddlers Born Deaf or Blind.

Journal Article Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · January 2025 We investigate the roles of linguistic and sensory experience in the early-produced visual, auditory, and abstract words of congenitally-blind toddlers, deaf toddlers, and typically-sighted/hearing peers. We also assess the role of language access by compa ... Full text Open Access Cite
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