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·April 25, 2017·4 min read

What’s Coming Next? How the Brain Predicts Speech

A new study sheds light on how the brain predicts what comes next when someone is talking.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 20, 2017·5 min read

Recognizing Foreign Accents Helps Brain Process Accented Speech

If we can recognize the accent we hear, our brains are able to process foreign accented speech with better real time accuracy, a new study reports.

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·March 1, 2017·7 min read

Adults With Autism Overcome Childhood Language Challenges

Researchers report the brain can learn to compensate for language processing problems in adults with autism.

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Featured Neuroscience

·September 20, 2016·7 min read

Hippocampus Helps Fill in Blanks of Language

According to researchers, memory and language are deeply linked via the hippocampus.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 15, 2016·6 min read

This Is Your Brain On Sentences

Researchers have been able to successfully decode and predict the brain activity patters of word meanings within a sentence.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 8, 2016·4 min read

Brain Connections Key to Reading

According to researchers, a brain area dedicated to reading skills has connections for the ability before children learn to read.

Featured Neurology

·July 11, 2016·8 min read

Predicting Language Deficits Following Strokes with Connectome Based Imaging

Researchers report that, following a stroke, mapping the brain's white matter connections in addition to imaging tissue damage could help to predict which patients will have language deficits and how severe they may be.

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Featured Genetics

·July 11, 2016·5 min read

Gene Contributes to Poor Speech Processing and Dyslexia

Researchers report a gene associated with dyslexia may interfere with speech processing.

Featured Psychology

·June 11, 2016·4 min read

“Now or Never Bottleneck” Explains Language Acquisition

Fundamental limitations on sensory and cognitive memory shape language acquisition and processing, a new study reports.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·May 17, 2016·3 min read

Mind Your Busyness

A new study hints that living a busy lifestyle may have benefits for mental function.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 17, 2016·6 min read

Mom’s Voice Activates Many Different Regions in Children’s Brains

A new study reports a number of different areas of children's brains become activated when they hear their mother's voice. This response predicts a child's social communication ability.

Featured Neurology

·May 12, 2016·4 min read

Older Adults Struggle More With Test Conditions Than Language Processing

A new study reports out ability to preserve language processing skills in old age may be much better than previously thought. However, our test taking abilities may decline.

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