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·September 29, 2022·4 min read

Exposure to Accents Helps Children Learn Words

Children exposed to diverse regional accents on a frequent basis have an edge when it comes to language acquisition.

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·September 28, 2022·7 min read

What’s in a Word? Identifying Language Disorders Earlier Can Set Children up for Success

The earlier language disorders in children are identified, the earlier help can be provided to insure fluid language acquisition.

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·September 27, 2022·3 min read

Language Learning Difficulties in Children Linked to Brain Differences

Children with developmental language disorder have less myelin in parts of the brain associated with acquiring rules and habits, as well as brain areas associated with language production and comprehension.

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·September 23, 2022·4 min read

Brain Simultaneously Processes Linguistic and Extralinguistic Information

People automatically incorporate extralinguistic information into grammatical processing during verbal communication.

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·September 20, 2022·4 min read

How Can Infants Learn About Sounds in Their Native Language?

Researchers investigate how infants learn the speech contrasts of their native languages, identifying the necessary signals are presented in naturalistic speech.

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·September 1, 2022·3 min read

Neurolinguists Report Not Two, but Three Options for Brain Functional Categories

A new language-switching experiment revealed traditional categorization of brain areas may not be sufficient. Researchers set their sights on the caudal inferior parietal cortex to better understand functional categorization in the brain.

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·August 26, 2022·5 min read

Massive Genome Study Informs the Biology of Reading and Language

A new genome-wide analysis of five reading and language based skills reveals a shared biological basis contributing to these skills.

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·August 17, 2022·4 min read

Preschoolers With Larger Vocabulary Before They Begin Education, Perform Better in Class

Pre-school-aged children with better vocabulary and attention skills before they begin school are more likely to perform better in an educational setting than their peers with less well-developed vocabulary and attention skills.

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·July 28, 2022·5 min read

Our Social Interactions Begin at a Young Age

Early social interactions allow children to learn quickly how to coordinate with each other's behavior.

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·July 19, 2022·6 min read

Similar Activity in Brain’s Language Network, No Matter the Language You Speak

In a study of speakers of 45 languages, researchers found similar patterns of brain activity and language selectivity.

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·July 18, 2022·5 min read

Verbal Insults Trigger a ‘Mini Slap to the Face’

EEG and skin conductance studies reveal verbal insults elicit strong P2 effects in brain waves, increasing sensitivity in the brain to negative words. Verbal insults trigger a cascade of consecutive and overlapping processing effects, and different parts of the cascade may be differently affected by repetition, resulting in a consistently strong emotional response over time.