Cute Cat Photos Are Data-Driven Science Behind Cunning New Language Learning App ift.tt/eekxlt An anonymous reader writes Cats are cute, and cute is good for cognition. Which is why Memrise, a language learning startup, settled on using lolcat-style cat photos as mnemonic aids for a new series of apps aimed at people who normally wouldnt bother learning another language. The first CatAcademy app is Cat Spanish From the article: What we found, however we sliced it, was that pictures of cats — cute pictures specifically, of which over 50% were cats — just kept on coming out as the most effective mnemonics... I have to admit we were slightly skeptical to begin with. Were a scientific group, and data driven — but the data did drive us towards cats. Now, just to add cat pictures to Mnemosyne. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:49:55 +0000
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