Ursula Bellugi, Leading Sign Language Neuroscientist, Dies at 91
Ursula Bellugi, Leading Sign Language Neuroscientist, Dies at 91
Her research showed that communication via sign language is as neurologically complex as spoken language.
Her research showed that communication via sign language is as neurologically complex as spoken language.
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R. Allen Gardner, Who Taught Chimps to Sign, Dies at 91
Lisa Winter | Oct 5, 2021 | 2 min read
Gardner famously claimed to have taught chimpanzees to communicate with people using American Sign Language by raising them as if they were human children.
Koko the Signing Gorilla Dies at 46
Shawna Williams | Jun 21, 2018 | 1 min read
The primate was famous for her ability to communicate with humans.
Dual Adaptation in Deaf Brains
Sabrina Richards | Feb 12, 2013 | 3 min read
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.
Hand Signs for Science
Edyta Zielinska | Dec 5, 2012 | 1 min read
Organizations are calling for a common set of sign language for scientific terms.