FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 21, 2021·5 min readPredicting Words’ Grammatical Properties Helps Us Read FasterWhen reading, people are not only able to predict the next word, but also the words' grammatical properties. This allows us to read faster. The findings could help with the development of new neural networks focused on natural language processing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 2, 2020·4 min readHow We Learn Words and Sentences at the Same TimeAdults use similar neural mechanisms to learn novel languages as children do when learning how to process language.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 5, 2019·3 min readMachine learning classifies word type based on brain activityA new machine learning algorithm can accurately determine whether a person heard a real or made-up word based on neuroimaging data.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 13, 2019·4 min readThe voice is key to making sense of the words in our brainThe speed of spoken word recognition is affected by how the speaker talks. Study finds sound waves from the voice effectively transmit information beyond the lexical meaning of words.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 29, 2018·5 min readHow Sounds Going Through Our Ears Become the Words Going Through Our BrainsA new study reveals how the brain processes sound and how quickly neurons transition from processing the sound of speech to the language based words.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 29, 2018·4 min readEmotional Images Sway People More than Emotional WordsA new Frontiers in Psychology study reports emotional images can alter a person's behavior, but emotional words often do not.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 16, 2016·4 min readMost Adults Know More Than 42,000 WordsA new study reveals that, by the age of 20, a native English speaking American knows 42,000 dictionary words.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 15, 2016·6 min readThis Is Your Brain On SentencesResearchers have been able to successfully decode and predict the brain activity patters of word meanings within a sentence.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 21, 2016·4 min readHow Words Are Represented in the BrainA new study sheds light on the neurobiology of reading.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·June 9, 2016·5 min readPredicting Concussion Outcome Using Advanced ImagingOnce a word is knows, sounding it out is unnecessary, a new study reports.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 21, 2015·4 min readJump-Starting Vision With the Power of WordsResearchers manipulate the connection between language and vision to show that words have a profound effect on perception.Read More
