Author Kate MacNamee

Kate MacNamee

Kate hails from New Hampshire and attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine. While there, she threw the hammer, blacksmithed, and double-majored in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience and German. Along with her mentor, Dr. Jennifer Coane, she has conducted research into memory, lexical processing, and word aversion (with more words than just moist). She has lived and worked on protected Puffin islands conducting conservation ecology research as well as researched second language learning and German linguistics. These days, she is pursuing a PhD. in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Utah, where she studies cognitive control, bioenergetics, and individual differences.

Why the Word “Moist” Makes Your Skin Crawl

Science & Medicine

I used to find the word moist nauseating to hear and even worse to utter—I hate it for what seemed like no reason. When I started telling people how much I hated the word, I was surprised to find that others...