A to Z

language

·February 27, 2021·3 min read

‘Explicit Instruction’ Provides Dramatic Benefits in Learning to Read

Those who received explicit instructions about the relationship between sound and spelling experienced dramatic improvements in their reading ability.

This shows pictures and the words associated with them, such as house

Auditory Neuroscience Autism Featured Neuroscience

·May 21, 2019·4 min read

‘Implicit measures’ better assess vocabulary for those with autism than standard tests

Eye tracking and EEG may help to assess vocabulary knowledge in those on the autism spectrum.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 21, 2022·3 min read

‘Rough’ Words Feature a Trill Sound in Languages Around the Globe

Study reveals a link between spoken languages and the sense of touch.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 21, 2021·4 min read

‘Sounding It Out’ Not so Easy for Children With Dyslexia

Neuroimaging study reveals a biological deficit in some children with dyslexia that impairs phonological decoding.

Featured

·November 12, 2015·2 min read

“Chatting” with Watson Sparks More Creativity in Humans

Researchers are partnering with IBM's Watson to advance how computers could help humans to be able to solve problems more creatively.

Image shows a baby, little girl and a woman.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 10, 2016·3 min read

“Cultural Learners” in the Cradle

A new study reports infants pay more attention to native speakers of their own language.

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.

The brain scan images show activation in the auditory cortex and other areas of the brain.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·April 17, 2014·4 min read

A Biological Engine for Human Language

Researchers suggest the human brain forms languages based on an innate set of linguistic rules.

This image shows a head with blue lights around it.

Autism Featured Psychology

·February 12, 2015·2 min read

A Brain System that Appears To Compensate for Autism, OCD, and Dyslexia

People with neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASD, OCD and dyslexia appear to compensate for dysfunction by relying on declarative memory.

Image of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's brain tissue.

Featured Neurology

·September 18, 2015·4 min read

A Major Breakthrough in Understanding of Alzheimer’s Disease Reported

A new study sheds light onto a fundamental mechanism underlying the development of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers believe the findings could lead to new forms of therapy for those living with the disease.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 19, 2019·5 min read

A map of the brain can tell what you’re reading

fMRI brain scans reveal semantic tuning during both reading and listening to words are highly correlated in selective areas of the cerebral cortex. The new brain maps enabled researchers to accurately predict which words would active specific regions of the cortex.