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Grammar

·June 15, 2026·10 min read

Bilingual Brains Use a Single Shared Engine for Grammar

A new study demonstrates that bilingualism is powered by a single, shared neural engine that cuts across separate languages.

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Featured Neuroscience

·December 5, 2022·4 min read

How the Broca’s Area of the Brain Helps Children Easily Learn Grammar

The development of a child's general and grammatical linguistic abilities between the ages of 3 to 4 is accompanied by the maturation of brain structures within the "language network".

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·December 12, 2021·4 min read

Our Emotions and Identity Can Affect How We Use Grammar

Study reveals how emotional context affects how we use and understand language at the neural level.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 29, 2018·5 min read

Language is Learned in Brain Circuits that Predate Humans

A new study reveals language is learned in brain systems that predate humans.

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Featured Psychology

·December 7, 2015·3 min read

Chomsky Was Right, We Possess An Internal Grammar

Researchers find new support for Noam Chomsky’s decades-old theory that we possess an “internal grammar” that allows us to comprehend even nonsensical phrases.