Babbling Babies Responding to One-on-One ‘Baby Talk’ Master More Words
Early language development isn't so much the quantity of words as the style of speech and social context in which speech occurs, researchers report. ... Read More...
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A Novel Look at How Stories May Change the Brain
Researchers detect lingering changes in resting-state connectivity in the brain which occur when someone reads a "life changing" novel.... Read More...
Brain Research Provides Insight into Language Learning
Researchers discover the mirror neuron system can be modified by language use.... Read More...
Messy Children Make Better Learners
Researchers show toddlers who get messy in their high chairs are learning more.... Read More...
Study Connects Dots Between Genes and Human Behavior
A new study provides greater understanding of how genes influence brain structures, cognitive abilities and how neural circuits produce language.... Read More...
Researchers Map Brain Areas Vital to Understanding Language
Researchers discover the brain mechanisms which underlie discourse comprehension.... Read More...
Monkeys “Understand” Rules Underlying Language Musicality
Researchers find that sensitivity to simple structural and melodic patterns do not require much learning. ... Read More...
Speaking a Second Language May Delay Dementia
Researchers discover later onset of dementia in people who speak more than one language.... Read More...
Just a Few Years of Early Musical Training Benefits the Brain Later in Life
Researchers report people who learned to play music as children process speech faster later in life.... Read More...
Gene Found to Foster Synapse Formation in the Brain
A gene implicated in human speech disorders and epilepsy is also required for vocalization and synapse formation in mice, researchers discover. ... Read More...
Learning Dialects Shapes Brain Areas That Process Spoken Language
Researchers find the pitch-accent in words pronounced in standard Japanese activates different brain hemispheres depending on whether the listener speaks standard Japanese or one of the regional dialects.... Read More...
Bird Study Finds Key Information About Human Speech-Language Development
Researchers show how two molecules regulate a gene implicated in speech and language impairments, as well as ASD.... Read More...