Cute Cat Photos Are Data-Driven Science Behind Cunning New Language Learning App 80
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 wouldn't 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. We're a scientific group, and data driven — but the data did drive us towards cats.'"
Now, just to add cat pictures to Mnemosyne.
Cheeseburgers (Score:5, Funny)
misread subject (Score:2, Funny)
I read it as "cube sat photos"...
This shouldn't be surprising. (Score:0, Funny)
Alternatve hypothesis? (Score:5, Funny)
"We're a scientific group, and data driven — but the data did drive us towards cats."
I assume they've excluded all other explanations including toxoplasmosis...
Re:thank god slashcode is ancient... (Score:2, Funny)
Page after page of goatse?
Re:Cheeseburgers (Score:2, Funny)
And as a side-note, as I was coming up with that using Google Translate, when I entered I can have a cheeseburger? [google.com] in the from language box, Google suggested "I can haz a cheezburger" instead. Sadly, the suggestion did not translate.
Re:thank god slashcode is ancient... (Score:5, Funny)
[Edit] changing you're to your
I thought it said Cue Cat. (Score:4, Funny)
I was like, enough people hack those they can get some useful data?
Re:thank god slashcode is ancient... (Score:5, Funny)
I, for one, am glad that we are not on dotchan.
I resemble that comment.
- dotancohen