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·September 4, 2016·3 min read

Learning Foreign Languages Can Sharpen Our Brains

According to researchers, learning a new language may help improve brain plasticity and information encoding.

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·August 1, 2016·4 min read

Voice Control in Orangutan Gives Clues to Early Human Speech

Rocky the Orangutan may help researchers better understand how human speech evolved from the time of the great apes.

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·July 6, 2016·6 min read

Cracking the Meaning of Monkey Calls

A team of linguistics have teamed up with primatologists to crack the meaning of monkey calls.

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·June 30, 2016·4 min read

Can Neuroscience Help Identify Quick Language Learners?

Resting state brain activity may predict how quickly people are able to pick up a second language, a new study reports.

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·June 29, 2016·4 min read

Watching the Brain During Language Learning

A new study shows how new linguistic information is integrated into the same brain areas used for your native language.

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·June 27, 2016·4 min read

Baby Talk May Be More Educational For Infants Than Imagined

Baby talk can teach infants the relevant properties of language, a new study reports.

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·June 11, 2016·4 min read

“Now or Never Bottleneck” Explains Language Acquisition

Fundamental limitations on sensory and cognitive memory shape language acquisition and processing, a new study reports.

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·June 8, 2016·4 min read

Strangers Reach Mutual Understanding Through Talking and Asking Questions, Not From Non-Verbal Cues

According to researchers, when two strangers meet and interact for the first time, the extent to which they develop mutual understanding depends on how much they talk and ask questions rather than on non-verbal cues such as gestures or exchanging glances.