From the University of Edinburgh press release: Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to develop difficulties with language than those from more affluent areas, research suggests. Researchers… Read more »
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: People today constantly encounter claims such as “Advil kills pain,” “coffee prevents depression,” or “Hilary promises amnesty” as brands, news outlets and… Read more »
From the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics press release: How does learning to read change our brain? Does reading take up brain space dedicated to seeing objects such as faces,… Read more »
From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: Scientists have used MRI scanners to discover the parts of the brain which understand metaphors, in both healthy volunteers and people with… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Data from individuals with different types of severe visual impairment suggest that the associations we make between sounds and shapes — a… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: The purpose of going to school is to learn, but students may find certain topics difficult to understand if they don’t have… Read more »
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Impairments in social and executive brain functions hinder effective communication, according to research in patients with dementia recently published in eNeuro. Non-language brain regions… Read more »
From the Cornell University press release: New research shows baby babbling changes the way parents speak to their infants, suggesting that infants are shaping their own learning environments. Researchers from… Read more »
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: Too busy or lazy to read Melville’s Moby Dick or Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina? That’s OK. Whether you read the classics, or… Read more »
From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: A new language-skills study that included infants later diagnosed with autism suggests that all children can benefit from exposure to more… Read more »
