FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 12, 2017·4 min readWhen Language Suddenly FailsResearchers at Max Planck Institute investigate why certain language abilities are lost as a result of a traumatic brain injury, and how others can be regained.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 1, 2021·6 min readMultilingual People Have an Advantage Over Those Fluent in Only Two LanguagesMultilingual people have similar brain activation to that of bilingual people, but the activation is much more sensitive and a lot faster.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 30, 2018·7 min readFrom Lullabies to Live Concerts: How Music and Rhythm Shape Our Social BrainsResearchers reveal lullabies help sooth both baby and mom simultaneously. Additionally, playing music to babies help increase their attention and positive displays of emotion to their mothers.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 20, 2017·6 min readHow the Brain Helps Us Understand Spoken Words in Noisy SettingsResearchers have discovered a mechanism the brain uses to help compensate when noise obscures speech sounds.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·May 28, 2018·4 min readNew Clues May Help Improve Speech For Some With ALSTongue range motion is reduced while lower lip and jaw motion is increased in people who suffer dysarthria associated with ALS. The findings may help develop new therapies to help those with ALS improve their speech, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 21, 2016·5 min readBrain Scans May Identify Children Vulnerable to Depression Before Symptoms AppearA new study could lead o a screen that identifies children at high risk of developing depression later in life.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 8, 2013·3 min readBrain Anatomy and Language in Young ChildrenStudying the neurodevelopment in young children acquiring language skills, researchers found larger myelin structures were already in place.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 6, 2022·2 min readThe Universal Sound of Swearing Across LanguagesAcross different languages, swear words tend to lack l, r, and w sounds. Researchers say the approximants, or common pattern of the sounds, are less suitable than other sounds for giving offense.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·October 23, 2016·4 min readEarliest Evidence in Fossil Record for Right Handedness DiscoveredResearchers have found the earliest evidence to date of right handedness in fossil records dating back 1.8 million years.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·June 9, 2016·5 min readPredicting Concussion Outcome Using Advanced ImagingOnce a word is knows, sounding it out is unnecessary, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 27, 2013·2 min readBrain Processes ‘Big’ Words Faster Than ‘Small’ WordsWords which refer to 'big', abstract things are processed more quickly by the brain than 'smaller' words, a new study suggests.Read More
