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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 14, 2022·4 min read

Sentences Have Their Own Timing in the Brain

The brain encodes the structure of sentences and phrases into different neural firing patterns.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 11, 2022·4 min read

Newborns Develop Language Skills Within Hours of Birth

Within hours of birth, newborns begin to distinguish between sounds and become sensitive to language information.

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Featured Neuroscience

·July 10, 2022·4 min read

Gestures Can Improve Understanding in Language Disorders

When people with language disorders such as aphasia speak, their communication partners are more likely to pay attention to the speaker's hand movements and gestures. Gestures, researchers say, may help supplement understanding of what is being verbally communicated.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 4, 2022·3 min read

Connectivity of Language Areas Unique in the Human Brain

Researchers shed new light on how the human brain evolved to be language-ready. Compared to the brains of chimps, the patterns of connections of language areas in the human brain expanded more than was previously thought.

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 21, 2022·5 min read

Study Reveals Trade-off Between Complex Words and Complex Grammar in Sentences

People with primary progressive aphasia who have difficulty producing complex words as a result of their condition, compensate by stringing together a sequence of simpler words to convey the idea they wish to express.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·June 19, 2022·4 min read

AI Detects Autism Speech Patterns Across Different Languages

Machine learning algorithms help researchers identify speech patterns in children on the autism spectrum that are consistent between different languages.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 18, 2022·2 min read

The Sensations Experienced in Reading Poetry

Using neuroscience concepts, researchers evaluate the emotional sensation and analytical representations that occur as we read poetry.

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 7, 2022·5 min read

New Insights on Infant Word Learning

Early language acquisition may be tied to memory representations that build over time rather than as a repeated connection between objects and words.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 29, 2022·4 min read

Social Media Data Show Language Related to Depression Didn’t Spike After Initial Pandemic Wave

Using AI to analyze language associated with depression on social media during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found people were more resilient than previously thought.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 27, 2022·5 min read

How Abstract Concepts Are Represented in the Brain Across Cultures and Languages

Researchers explore the impact of different cultures and languages on the development of abstract thoughts in the brain, reporting those who grew up in different cultures and speak different languages form abstract concepts in the same brain region.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 21, 2022·3 min read

In What Language Is a Bilingual or Multilingual Person Most Likely to Dream?

Researchers explore how bilingualism and multilingualism influence the language we dream in.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·April 30, 2022·3 min read

Blind People Remember Language Better Than Sighted People Do

A new study reveals blind people remember speech and language better than sighted people. Researchers say blind people use language as a mental tool to remember information.