In 1994, I found myself “behind enemy lines” at a Montreal conference on the so-called grammar gene. Years later, in Liz Bates’s classroom, I finally saw the data that changed everything — and learned how science can be slowed by its own gatekeepers. shorturl.at/nqGhc #LanguageScience #CognitiveScience #Bilingualism #ScienceHistory #Psycholinguistics #Emergentism #Montreal #GrammarGene #ScienceGatekeeping

The real peer review: 1. Do we agree with it? 2. Is it politically safe? 3. Will it keep the money flowing? #ScienceGatekeeping