FeaturedNeuroscience·August 30, 2021·3 min readBrains Are Most Amenable to Reading Development in the First Two Years of Primary EducationThe first two years of primary education are a critical point for the development of the brain's reading network in children, researchers say.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 30, 2021·5 min readStruggling to Learn a New Language? Blame It on Your Stable BrainA new study may answer why it is so difficult for us to learn a second language as we enter adulthood.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·August 23, 2021·3 min readBirds Got Rhythm, Telling Us Something About How We Form Speech and MovementLike humans, zebra finches can recognize songs by their rhythmic pattern, even when the tempo is changed.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 20, 2021·6 min readBrain Matter Makeup at Birth Is Linked to Children’s Degree of Language Skills at Five Years OldThe brain's white matter pathway organization during the first year of life may predict language acquisition and development at age five, researchers say.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 18, 2021·5 min readSounds and Words Are Processed Separately and Simultaneously in the BrainAuditory and speech processing occurs in parallel in the brain, researchers report. The findings contradict the belief that the brain processes auditory information before transferring it into linguistic information.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 16, 2021·4 min readHow (And Where) The Brain Analyzes Math and Language Spoken SimultaneouslyStudy reveals how the brain analyzes different types of speech which may be linked to how we comprehend sentences and calculate mathematical equations.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 3, 2021·3 min readSimlish Is Less Distracting Than English in Background Music During a ConversationBackground music in Simlish, an unintelligible language used in the popular game The Sims, allow people to better listen to and understand each other than when the songs are in English, researchers say.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 2, 2021·3 min readLearning Foreign Languages Can Affect the Processing of Music in the BrainLearning a new language can affect musical processing in children, researchers report. Findings support the theory that musical and linguistic functions are closely linked in the developing brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 26, 2021·4 min readExercise Boosts Kids’ Vocabulary GrowthChildren who swim or participate in other motor movement-focused exercises were 13% more accurate in vocabulary tests than children who did not engage in exercise. Researchers say movement-focused exercises can help with the encoding of new words in children.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·July 21, 2021·3 min readThose Who Are More Creative Can Think Of Ideas With Greater “Distances” Between ThemA simple exercise of naming unrelated words and measuring the semantic distance between the words could serve as an objective measure of personal creativity, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 13, 2021·4 min readMachine-Learning Can Identify Signs of Alzheimer’s in Patients Recalling the Story of CinderellaCombining artificial intelligence technology with speech analysis, researchers report while AI can be used to assess speech patterns for signs of Alzheimer's, the specific task assigned to the person being tested plays a critical role in the accuracy of diagnosis.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 13, 2021·4 min readSpecies of Gut Bacteria Linked to Enhanced Cognition and Language Skills in Infant BoysInfant boys with a gut bacterial composition high in Bacteroidetes were found to have more advanced cognitive and language skills one year later compared to boys with lower levels of the bacteria.Read More
