FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 28, 2017·3 min readHow Do Babies Coordinate Gestures and Vocalization?A new study investigates how babies learn to, and start to, speak.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 25, 2017·4 min readWhat’s Coming Next? How the Brain Predicts SpeechA new study sheds light on how the brain predicts what comes next when someone is talking.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 21, 2017·3 min readSounding Out Words is the Best Way to Teach ReadingLearning to read by sounding out the words has a dramatic impact on the accuracy of comprehension and reading aloud, a new study reports.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 21, 2017·4 min readSpeech Comprehension Improves With a Slight Auditory Delay For SomeResearchers report a potential benefit in delaying the time between audio and visual signals in improving speech comprehension.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 20, 2017·5 min readRecognizing Foreign Accents Helps Brain Process Accented SpeechIf we can recognize the accent we hear, our brains are able to process foreign accented speech with better real time accuracy, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosPsychology·April 20, 2017·5 min readTwo Languages Develop Simultaneously, But Independently, In Bilingual ChildrenStudy shows languages develop on their own, independent course and the rates reflect the quality of exposure to each language.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 19, 2017·4 min readMeasuring Effects of Sentence Structure in the BrainA new study reveals how the brain combines words into phrases when reading.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 17, 2017·6 min readRepeating Non-Verbs as Well as Verbs Can Boost the Syntactic Priming EffectA new study reports syntactic priming can be boosted by repeating non-verbs, as well as verbs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 14, 2017·6 min readHuman Prejudices Sneak Into Artificial IntelligenceWhen AI's are trained with ordinary human language online, they pick up cultural biases embedded in the wording, researchers report.Read More
AutismFeaturedPsychology·April 8, 2017·4 min readFor Kids With Autism, Imitation Counts for More Than the Highest Form of FlatteryA new study reports children with autism's imitation behavior could help predict their development of flexible speech.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 7, 2017·2 min readStudy Aims to See How Children with Cochlear Implants Learn WordsA new study aims to discover how children with cochlear implants learn new words differently from children with normal hearing.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 6, 2017·5 min readNew Study of the Words “A” And “The” Sheds Light on Language AcquisitionResearchers suggest that while experience is important for early language acquisition, it does not account for all of a child's language facility.Read More
