Academic talk by Dr Maxime Tulling, Assistant Professor at Université de Montréal, followed by a Q&A and free drink at Ye Olde Orchard.

How Adults and Children Understand Non-Actuality

One of the greatest feats of human language is its ability to communicate what is possible, impossible, or simply not true. This feature of language permits us to share imagined scenarios, hypothetical outcomes, and false ideas, expanding our understanding beyond the actual world.