language processing

Our perception of quantity, separate from counting or estimation of magnitude more generally, is foundational to human cognition, according to some neuroscientists.

A longitudinal study tracking the progress of an epilepsy patient after surgery shows the brain’s ability to reorganize itself to function nearly normally.

Regardless of parental income and education, children who engage in more two-way conversation with their parents learn better.

Evolutionary changes in both the vocal tract and the brain were necessary for humans’ remarkable gift of gab.

People have a unique anatomy that supports our ability to produce complex language.

A decades-old neurological procedure developed under unique and difficult conditions in postwar Japan remains critical to the treatment of epilepsy.

His first love was dance, but Erich Jarvis has long courted another love—understanding how the brain learns vocalization.

Researchers map the mental semantic systems of podcast listeners.

The long-sought genetic link between handedness and language lateralization patterns in the brain is turning out to be illusory.

Communication based on whistles offers a “natural experiment” for studying how the brain processes language.

Neurons in new brains and old

Visit the remote Turkish village where the musical language that residents use to communicate across valleys is elucidating how language is processed in the brain.

Researchers find that Wernicke’s area, thought to be the seat of language comprehension in the human brain for more than a century, is not.

An inspiring lecturer turned Marcus Raichle’s focus from music and history to science. Since then, he has pioneered the use of imaging to study how our brains function.

Some areas of the brain that typically process language are active in jazz musicians who are improvising, a study shows.

Using Bluetooth devices in classrooms reverses dyslexia and improves reading ability.

The brains of people who cannot hear adapt to process vision-based language, in addition to brain changes associated with the loss of auditory input.