FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 13, 2023·4 min readCorpus Callosum Found to Switch off Right Hemisphere During SpeechStudy confirms the role the corpus callosum plays in language lateralization.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 13, 2023·6 min readHow Your Mood Affects the Way You Process LanguageThose in negative moods may be better able to spot inconsistencies in the things they read. The findings shed light on how mood affects language processing.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 7, 2023·4 min readSpeech Analysis Can Help Measure Diagnosis, Severity, and Onset of Mental IllnessSpeech pattern analysis can help accurately diagnose depression and psychosis, measure the severity of symptoms, and predict the onset of mental health conditions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 22, 2022·8 min readA New Model Explains Difficulty in Language ComprehensionUsing advances in machine learning, researchers have created a new model that predicts the ease with which individuals produce and comprehend complex sentences.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 9, 2022·5 min readEarly Predictors of Children’s Language DelaysThe specific types of words children learn first can be a predictor of early language difficulties.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
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 5, 2022·4 min readHow the Broca’s Area of the Brain Helps Children Easily Learn GrammarThe development of a child's general and grammatical linguistic abilities between the ages of 3 to 4 is accompanied by the maturation of brain structures within the "language network".Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 1, 2022·4 min readParents Talk More to Toddlers Who Talk BackRegardless of a child's gender, parents talk more to toddlers who already verbally communicate well.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 17, 2022·7 min readNot Every Young Reader’s Struggle Is the SameBrain signatures and types of difficulties children of a lower socioeconomic status experience when it comes to reading are different from those children who struggle to read but are from a higher socioeconomic status.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 16, 2022·5 min readForecasting the Risks of Brain SurgeryAnalyzing networks within the brain can help researchers determine the risks for aphasia when deciding to operate to remove brain tumors.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 7, 2022·4 min readOur Brains ‘Time-Stamp’ Sounds to Process the Words We HearThe brain processes speech by using a buffer, maintaining a "time stamp" of the past three speech sounds. Findings also reveal the brain processes multiple sounds at the same time without mixing up the identity of each sound by passing information between neurons in the auditory cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 4, 2022·4 min readThe Early Bird May Just Get the Worm: Superior Verbal Intelligence in Early RisersContrary to previous findings, a new study reports those who rise early tend to have superior verbal skills compared to night owls.Read More
