The topography of thought
- https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/5/pgae163/7665783
- Jonah Berger, Olivier Toubia
Natural language processing of over 40,000 college application essays finds that students whose writing covers more semantic ground, while moving more slowly (i.e. moving between more semantically similar ideas), end up doing better academically (i.e. have a higher college grade point average).