Fundamental limitations on sensory and cognitive memory shape language acquisition and processing, a new study reports.
Working memory for language processing can be provided by the down-regulation of neural excitability in response to external input.
Researchers report the brain can learn to compensate for language processing problems in adults with autism.
According to researchers, a brain area dedicated to reading skills has connections for the ability before children learn to read.
Words which refer to 'big', abstract things are processed more quickly by the brain than 'smaller' words, a new study suggests.
A small, preliminary study helps researchers identify a region of the brain that specializes in the processing of auditory words.
Neuroimaging study identifies differences in a key language structure before children start to learn to read.
Using EEG technology, researchers have discovered a specific brain signal that helps us to understand what we hear in conversation.
Researchers link physical fitness in children to increased gray matter volume in areas of the brain implicated in language processing and reading skills.
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.
University of Birmingham researchers report a delayed response to processing written words could signify an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in patients with MCI.
Using neuroimaging and Alice in Wonderland, researchers identify how the temporal lobe supports an unconscious language parsing process.
