From the PLoS ONE press release via ScienceDaily: Dyslexia may result from impairment of a different linguistic system than previously thought, according to research published Sep. 19 in the open… Read more »
From the Cornell University press release via EurekAlert!: For more than 50 years, language scientists have assumed that sentence structure is fundamentally hierarchical, made up of small parts in turn… Read more »
From the Rice University press release: Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are cognitively separate or that music is a byproduct of language, theorists at Rice University’s… Read more »
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release via EurekAlert!: New research examining auditory mechanisms of language learning in babies has revealed that infants as young as three months of age are able… Read more »
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: Can a computer “read” an online blog and understand it? Several Concordia computer scientists are helping to get closer to that goal…. Read more »
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: Just because children use ‘text speak’ doesn’t mean they have a bad grasp of grammar. This is one of the… Read more »
From the University of Luxemburg press release via HealthCanal: Living in poverty is often accompanied by conditions that can negatively influence cognitive development. Is it possible that being bilingual might… Read more »
From the Texas Advanced Computing Center press release by Monica Kortsha via EurekAlert!: Singing mice (scotinomys teguina) are not your average lab rats. Their fur is tawny brown instead of… Read more »
From the New York University press release via EurekAlert!: Hearing generic language to describe a category of people, such as “boys have short hair,” can lead children to endorse a… Read more »
From the University of Strathclyde press release via EurekAlert!: Bilingual children outperform children who speak only one language in problem-solving skills and creative thinking, according to research led at the… Read more »
