Iris Berent

We know what we know (even when we don’t want to)

Northeastern psychology professor Iris Berent studies how we’re equipped from birth to acquire language, a concept that elicits skepticism in laypeople and scientists alike. Berent’s new work reveals that this skepticism is due to a bias against the concept of innate knowledge—a bias that itself might be innate.
- by Aria Bracci October 17, 2019
Take 5: What makes human language so special?

In the 52nd annual Robert D. Klein Lecture on Tuesday, psychology professor Iris Berent argued that human language is a product of a specialized biological system, that we are are innately equipped with a language instinct.
- by Jason Kornwitz March 24, 2016

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