Researcher hits high note with language study
Fernanda Ferreira's family emigrated from Portugal to Canada when she was very young. There, like most Canadian children, she learned French in school.
Aug 8, 2013
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Fernanda Ferreira's family emigrated from Portugal to Canada when she was very young. There, like most Canadian children, she learned French in school.
Aug 8, 2013
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Singing in a foreign language can significantly improve learning how to speak it, according to a new study.
Jul 18, 2013
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Playing simple games using words and pictures can help people to learn a new language with greater ease, researchers from The University of Nottingham have shown.
Apr 16, 2013
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(HealthDay)—A little exercise and some mental stimulation may go a long way toward helping seniors stay sharp, a new, small study suggests.
Apr 1, 2013
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Have you ever wondered why infants can learn foreign languages easily, while older children and parents struggle? Or why your third-grader can fix your computer, but you can barely check your email? The answer, scientists ...
Nov 18, 2011
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Psycholinguists from the HSE Center for Language and Brain, in collaboration with researchers from the City University of New York and the University of Stuttgart, investigated how reading in Russian varies among different ...
Jun 23, 2021
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A scientist from RUDN University analyzed the effect of visual impairment on a person's perception of unfamiliar sounds when learning a foreign language. The experiment showed that lack of access to visual cues makes learning ...
Oct 6, 2020
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A part of the brain that maps letters to sounds can acquire a second, visually distinct alphabet for the same language, according to a study of English speakers published in eNeuro. The research challenges theoretical constraints ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Device Center (TxBDC) at The University of Texas at Dallas have been awarded a contract worth up to $5.8 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to investigate ...
Apr 26, 2017
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Recent research into how we learn is set to help people in their efforts to read a second or foreign language (SFL) more effectively. This will be good news for those struggling to develop linguistic skills in preparation ...
Mar 6, 2013
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