Recognizing Foreign Accents Helps Brain Process Accented Speech
If 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...
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Learning a New Language Changes Functionality and Structure of Brain Networks
According to a new study, learning a second language improves connections in brain networks for both young and older people. ... Read More...
How Human Language Could Have Evolved from Birdsong
Linguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech. A new study suggests human language is a grafting of two communication forms found elsewhere in the animal kingdom: first, the elaborate songs of birds, and second, the more utilitarian, information-bearing types of expression seen in a diversity of other animals.... Read More...