von Helversen, Bettina, 134, 186–187n17
Vygotsky, Lev, 29, 175n17
Walker, W. Richard, 153 189n12
Wallace, David, 104, 183n6
Wang, Alvin, 167, 191n22
Wang, Hui-Xin, 77, 181n12
Ward, Thomas, 157, 190n16
Wardle, Jane, 19, 173–174n8
Warich, Matthias, 111–112, 184n11
War of the Ghosts, The, 162
Weingartner, Herbert, 154–155, 189–190n14
Weiss, Michael, 167, 190–191n21
Welsh language, 96
Wernicke’s (fluent) aphasia, 41
Whorf, Benjamin, 96, 182n3
Wikipedia, Simple English, 105
Wilensky, Robert, 8, 172n5
William the Conqueror, 98
Willingham, Daniel, 21, 149, 174n10, 188n8
Winblad, Bengt, 77, 181n12
Wittlinger, Roy, 147, 188n6
Wood, Benjamin, 86, 182n18
Word order, 46, 107
Workbench, metaphor for memory, 120
World knowledge, 8, 71, 118, 161
“World” languages, 12, 38
Würtz, Elizabeth, 68, 178n13, 178n14
Wyner, Gabriel, 194
Yeni-Komshian, Grace, 54, 82–85, 176n1, 181n16
Yerkes, Robert, 132–133, 186n16
Yerkes–Dodson law, 132–134
Yong, Hua, 20, 174n9
Zacks, Rose, 120, 185n6
Zechmeister, Eugene, 102, 183n5
Zell, Ethan, 9, 172n7
Zimmer, Ben, 34, 175n1
Zonderman, Alan, 18, 173n6
Zone of proximal development (ZPD), 29–31, 125
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