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Our Brain Predicts Words Before They Are Pronounced

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 18, 2018

Researchers report the brain is not only able to anticipate the conclusion of sentences, it can also anticipate an auditory stimulus and determine the phonemes or specific words a speaker is going to pronounce.... Read More...

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The Art of Storytelling: Why We Relate to Characters

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 13, 2018

A new neuroimaging study sheds light on how we relate to characters in stories. Researchers report, no matter how a story is relayed, brain networks associated with theory of mind are activated when participants associate with the protagonist. The study concludes our brains relate best to characters, no matter how the narrative is expressed.... Read More...

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The Universality of Shame

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 11, 2018

Researchers hypothesize shame may have been built into human nature by evolution because it served an important function for our foraging ancestors. The study reports an implicit mental map of how negatively others will perceive a person sets the level of shame they feel for their potential action.... Read More...

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What’s Your First Memory? Did It Ever Really Happen?

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 4, 2018

What is the earliest memory you can recall? How sure are you the event really happened? Researchers say our earliest memories are more likely to be fictional.... Read More...

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Brain Networks Responsible for Naming Objects Identified

Neuroscience NewsAugust 15, 2018

Researchers have identified specific brain networks that helps us associate objects with their names. The study sheds light on how the brain connects meaning to words and could help explain why people with neurodegenerative diseases often have problems naming every day objects.... Read More...

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Adult-Child Conversations Strengthen Language Regions of Developing Brain

Neuroscience NewsAugust 14, 2018

Researchers report the greater conversational turn taking between adults and children, the stronger the connections are between the Wernicke's area and Broca's area in the child's brain. ... Read More...

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Pregnant with Epilepsy? Folic Acid May Prevent Language Delays

Neuroscience NewsAugust 6, 2018

A new study links folic acid intake in pregnant women with epilepsy and language development in children. Researchers report among children whose mothers with epilepsy did not take folic acid, 34% had delayed language skills at 18 months.... Read More...

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Study Challenges Evolution of How Humans Acquired Language

Neuroscience NewsAugust 5, 2018

A new study challenges how we think about how humans acquired language. The study found no evidence that recent, human specific selection occurs for the FOXP2 gene in relation to language development... Read More...

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Improvement if Humanlike Conversations in Humanoid Robots

Neuroscience NewsAugust 1, 2018

Researchers have developed a child like humanoid robot with the ability to converse like a human.... Read More...

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Baby Talk Words Build Infants’ Language Skills

Neuroscience NewsAugust 1, 2018

According to researchers, using baby talk words such as 'bunny' and 'choo choo' can help boost language acquisition in infants between 9 and 21 months. ... Read More...

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A Possible Origin of Human Speech

Neuroscience NewsJuly 23, 2018

Researchers have identified a neural network in the brains of monkeys that may represent a common evolutionary origin for social communication and human speech.... Read More...

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Lying in a Foreign Language is Easier

Neuroscience NewsJuly 20, 2018

According to researchers, people find it easier to lie in a foreign language than their native tongue.... Read More...

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Our Brain Predicts Words Before They Are Pronounced

The Art of Storytelling: Why We Relate to Characters

What’s Your First Memory? Did It Ever Really Happen?

Brain Networks Responsible for Naming Objects Identified

Adult-Child Conversations Strengthen Language Regions of Developing Brain

Pregnant with Epilepsy? Folic Acid May Prevent Language Delays

Study Challenges Evolution of How Humans Acquired Language

Improvement if Humanlike Conversations in Humanoid Robots

Baby Talk Words Build Infants’ Language Skills

Lying in a Foreign Language is Easier