FeaturedNeuroscience·August 15, 2016·6 min readThis Is Your Brain On SentencesResearchers have been able to successfully decode and predict the brain activity patters of word meanings within a sentence.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 8, 2016·4 min readBrain Connections Key to ReadingAccording to researchers, a brain area dedicated to reading skills has connections for the ability before children learn to read.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·July 11, 2016·8 min readPredicting Language Deficits Following Strokes with Connectome Based ImagingResearchers 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.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·July 11, 2016·5 min readGene Contributes to Poor Speech Processing and DyslexiaResearchers report a gene associated with dyslexia may interfere with speech processing.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 11, 2016·4 min read“Now or Never Bottleneck” Explains Language AcquisitionFundamental limitations on sensory and cognitive memory shape language acquisition and processing, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 17, 2016·3 min readMind Your BusynessA new study hints that living a busy lifestyle may have benefits for mental function.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 17, 2016·6 min readMom’s Voice Activates Many Different Regions in Children’s BrainsA 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.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·May 12, 2016·4 min readOlder Adults Struggle More With Test Conditions Than Language ProcessingA 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 8, 2016·5 min readLanguage Comprehension Boosted by Transcranial Direct Current StimulationAccording to a new study, using tDCS to stimulate the left angular gyrus can enhance the comprehension of simple, two word phrases.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 11, 2015·3 min readLanguage and Music Processing More Complex Than Previously BelievedThe brain organized sound by pitch, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·December 7, 2015·3 min readChomsky Was Right, We Possess An Internal GrammarResearchers find new support for Noam Chomsky’s decades-old theory that we possess an “internal grammar” that allows us to comprehend even nonsensical phrases.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 19, 2015·2 min readDown the Rabbit Hole: Delving Into Language Processing in the BrainUsing neuroimaging and Alice in Wonderland, researchers identify how the temporal lobe supports an unconscious language parsing process.Read More