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·December 29, 2025·5 min read

Stroke Weakens How the Brain Integrates Speech Sounds

A new study comparing stroke survivors with healthy adults reveals that post-stroke language disorders stem not from slower hearing but from weaker integration of speech sounds. While patients detected sounds as quickly as controls, their brains processed speech features with far less strength, especially when words were unclear.

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·January 16, 2025·5 min read

Exercise Boosts Language Processing in Older Adults

Increasing physical fitness improves language comprehension in older adults. Over six months, monolingual participants who followed a simple exercise program were 7% quicker at detecting words in language tests, highlighting the cognitive benefits of fitness.

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·October 23, 2024·6 min read

Brain Processes Sentence Structures as Fast as Visual Scenes

The human brain can detect the structure of a short sentence in as little as 150 milliseconds, the speed of a blink. Using brain imaging, scientists found that the brain's language comprehension system processes sentences flashed on a screen similarly to how it perceives a visual scene.

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·June 3, 2024·3 min read

Brain Waves Influence How We Hear Words

A new study found that brain wave timing shapes our perception of speech. Researchers discovered that more probable sounds and words are perceived during less excitable brain wave phases, while less probable ones are noticed in more excitable phases.

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·February 29, 2024·7 min read

Language Processing Problems: A Prelude to Alzheimer’s

Individuals with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a condition that significantly increases the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, struggle with processing complex language beyond their memory deficits. Using virtual reality to test language comprehension, the study found that aMCI patients had difficulties understanding sentences with ambiguous references, suggesting a specific linguistic deficit as a potential early biomarker for Alzheimer’s.

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·September 29, 2023·4 min read

New Brain Structures in Language Processing Identified

Language, a cornerstone of human connection, finds its intricate roots deep within the human brain. Researchers unveil this with a sweeping meta-analysis of over 400 neuroscientific experiments.

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·March 1, 2023·4 min read

Testing the Cognitive Abilities of the Artificial Intelligence Language Model GPT-3

Examining the cognitive abilities of the AI language model, GPT-3, researchers found the algorithm can keep up and compete with humans in some areas but falls behind in others due to a lack of real-world experience and interactions.

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·February 14, 2023·4 min read

Brain-Wave Data and Hearing Test May Help Diagnose Autism Earlier

Researchers say brain wave data collected during routine hearing tests in newborns could help doctors to spot the signs of neurodevelopmental disorders, including ASD earlier.

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·January 13, 2023·4 min read

Corpus Callosum Found to Switch off Right Hemisphere During Speech

Study confirms the role the corpus callosum plays in language lateralization.

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·January 13, 2023·6 min read

How Your Mood Affects the Way You Process Language

Those in negative moods may be better able to spot inconsistencies in the things they read. The findings shed light on how mood affects language processing.

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·October 18, 2022·4 min read

Literacy Influences Understanding of Speech

The writing system with which we learn to read may influence how we process speech, researchers report. Findings suggest the ability to write influences the way in which our brains process language.