FeaturedPsychology·January 31, 2017·3 min readSinging Can Provide Understanding of Relationship Between Perceiving and DoingResearchers embark on new research in order to better understand the relationship between sensorimotor action and perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 27, 2017·3 min readMemory Limits Give Rise to Open Ended Language AbilitiesHow we remember sequences helps give rise to language like systems of reusable structural patterns, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 24, 2017·4 min readDyslexia Linked to Shorter Memory Trace of Previous StimuliA new study provides insight into the underlying brain mechanisms that may be a root cause of dyslexia.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 20, 2017·6 min readHow the Brain Helps Us Understand Spoken Words in Noisy SettingsResearchers have discovered a mechanism the brain uses to help compensate when noise obscures speech sounds.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 18, 2017·4 min readMandarin Makes You More Musical?Researchers report tone language experience is associated with advanced musical pitch processing in children.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 18, 2017·4 min readAdoptees Advantaged By Birth Language MemoryA new study reports adoptees who had early life exposure to their native language may subconsciously retain retain fragments of the language structure, even if no conscious memory of the language remains.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 16, 2017·4 min readFrankly, Do We Give a Damn? Study Finds Link Between Profanity and HonestyA new study reports people who use profanities tend to be more honest and are less likely to be associated with deception or lying.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 11, 2017·3 min readDo Dogs of All Ages Respond Equally to Dog-Directed Speech?Puppies respond best to when people speak slowly and with a higher tone, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 11, 2017·3 min readBaboon Vocalizations Contain Five Vowel-Like Sounds Comparable to Those of Human SpeechMuch like humans, baboons use several vowel like sounds to communicate, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 9, 2017·5 min readBilingualism May Save Brain Resources As You AgeAging bilingual brains are more efficient and economical with their resources, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 4, 2017·4 min readPreterm Infants Fare Well in Early Language DevelopmentA new study reports babies born prematurely perform as well as those who were born full term in developmental tasks of language and cognition.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 4, 2017·4 min readStuttering Linked to Reduced Blood Flow in Brain Area Associated With LanguageCerebral blood flow is reduced in the Broca's area of people who stutter, researchers report. Additionally, the more severely a person stutters, the less blood flows to this area of the brain.Read More
