artificial intelligencedeep learningFeaturedmachine learningNeuroscienceneurotechOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 13, 2020Detecting dyslexia with interactions that do not require a knowledge of languageA new web-based game that is independent of language can help to detect dyslexia in children. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 5, 2020Bilingualism delays the brain’s aging processA new study reports bilingualism may have a positive effect on brain aging, specifically when it comes to executive function. The findings of this study contradict other research, suggesting bilingualism does have a protective effect against cognitive decline in aging. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 4, 2020Similar brain glitch found in slips of signing and speakingEEG study reveals both hearing people and deaf signer language users showed a common neural mechanism when it came to language errors. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 4, 2020Understanding the developing brain for readingA structural brain scaffold in infants serves as a foundation for literacy. Language and reading may refine this pre-existing brain scaffold. The study also reveals robust language networks activate while children sleep if stories are read to them during slumber. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 29, 2020Increased risk of language and cognition deficits in children whose mothers took SSRI antidepressants during pregnancyChildren exposed to SSRI antidepressants in utero had an increased risk of experiencing language and cognitive deficits in kindergarten. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 22, 2020Bilingualism does not make you ‘smarter’Speaking more than one language does not improve a person's general mental ability. However, while there is no cognitive advantage to being bilingual, there are broader social and lifestyle benefits that come from speaking multiple languages. Read More
auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·April 20, 2020Origins of human language pathway in the brain at least 25 million years oldStudying auditory regions and brain pathways in humans, apes, and monkeys, researchers have identified a language pathway that interconnects the auditory cortex with frontal lobe regions. The language pathway in other primates suggests an evolutionary basis in auditory cognition and vocal communication. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 8, 2020Bilingualism Delays the Onset of Alzheimer’s SymptomsPeople who spoke two or more languages proficiently were, on average, four years older at the onset of Alzheimer's disease than those who were monolingual. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 24, 2020Why Edgar Allan Poe probably did not kill himselfComputerized language analysis reveals linguistic markers of depression were found in Poe's personal letters and professional writing, but none are consistent with suicidal ideations. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 20, 2020Language disorders as indicators of the diagnosis and progression of Huntington’s diseaseStudy reports it may be possible to detect the onset and progression of Huntington's disease through linguistic changes in patients. Linguistic impairments often begin before the onset of other Huntington's symptoms. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 15, 2020Researchers were not right about left brainsBrain imprints on cranial bones from humans and great apes refute the long-standing belief that the human pattern of brain asymmetry is unique. Researchers noted similar patterns of asymmetry in our great ape ancestors. However, there was more variability in this pattern in humans. Findings suggest lateralized and uniquely human cognitive abilities, such as language, evolved by adapting an ancestral brain asymmetry pattern. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·February 13, 2020Can bilingualism protect the brain even with early stages of dementia?While being bilingual delays the onset of dementia, the decline into full-blown Alzheimer's disease is more rapid in those who speak two or more languages than in monolingual people. Read More
