Tag: language

Study links dyslexia to difficulties perceiving rhythmic patterns in music, suggests early musical games may help

Sebastian November 29, 2011 Comments Off

From the Elsevier press release: Children with dyslexia often find it difficult to count the number of syllables in spoken words or to determine whether words rhyme. These subtle difficulties… Read more »

How the brain strings words into sentences

Sebastian November 24, 2011 Comments Off

From the University of Arizona press release: Distinct neural pathways are important for different aspects of language processing, researchers have discovered, studying patients with language impairments caused by neurodegenerative diseases…. Read more »

Unconscious learning could be the secret to speeding up learning a second language

Sue November 7, 2011 Comments Off

From the Cambridge University media release: When linguists talk about unconscious or implicit language learning, they donâ€™t mean learning while you sleep. Rather, they are talking about one of the… Read more »