Different languages can have subtly different effects on the way we think and perceive, a phenomenon known as linguistic relativity. In a new paper in the journal Cognition, researcher Monique Flecken from the Max Planck ...
May 27, 2015
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Victor Kuperman wants to stamp out illiteracy - but first, he has to understand its root cause.
Oct 28, 2014
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Researchers have found evidence that genetic factors may contribute to the development of language during infancy.
Sep 16, 2014
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Experiencing diverse communities by hearing different languages at the park, on a bus or in the grocery store may make babies more open-minded in their social learning, a new study finds.
Sep 10, 2014
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A groundbreaking study published in PLOS ONE by Prof. Iris Berent of Northeastern University and researchers at Harvard Medical School shows the brains of individual speakers are sensitive to language universals. Syllables ...
Apr 17, 2014
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A new study reveals that four-to-seven-year-old children rely on the sounds of new nouns more than on their meaning when assigning them to noun classes, even though the meaning is more predictive of noun class in the adult ...
Mar 12, 2014
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Bilingual speakers can switch languages seamlessly, likely developing a higher level of mental flexibility than monolinguals, according to Penn State linguistic researchers.
Sep 10, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—New research has provided the first evidence to prove that active and engaged television viewing does help to accelerate language change.
Sep 10, 2013
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Shakespeare's plays and cancer: two seemingly unrelated topics with an underlying common thread.
Jul 24, 2013
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To harness rather than drown in the ocean of knowledge that swamps us daily via the media and the Internet, we've got to become more cognitively productive, says Luc Beaudoin. The Simon Fraser University adjunct education ...
Jul 11, 2013
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