Obscenities

Stanley Donahoo’s research is broadly concerned with how language is represented in the mind/brain, and how this process is informed by social meaning. As such, Stanley is currently working on the comprehension mechanisms of swearing. This project employs both behavioural (reaction times, computer keyboard responses) and EEG methods. Currently, the project examines how our understanding of swears and other taboo language unfolds at the lexical level, but the project will be extended to sentence-level phenomena as well.