An international consortium with researchers from 13 countries has investigated the impact of COVID-19 related social isolation measures on 2,200 young infants and toddlers between eight and 36 months of age. Their findings ...
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"Bend your ear." "Grasping at straws." "Kick the bucket." English is filled with figurative language that makes meaning by evoking physical actions of the human body.
Jan 24, 2022
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Researchers in Japan used magnetic resonance imaging to study the brains of secondary school students during a task focused on musical observation. They found that students trained to play music from a young age exhibited ...
Dec 23, 2021
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Young children's ability to laugh and make jokes has been mapped by age for the first time using data from a new study involving nearly 700 children from birth to 4 years of age, from around the world. The findings, led by ...
Nov 18, 2021
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Our ability to understand the syntax of complex sentences is one of the most difficult language skills to acquire. In 2019, research had revealed a correlation between being particularly proficient in tool use and having ...
Nov 11, 2021
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The brain uses a shared mechanism for combining words from a single language and for combining words from two different languages, a team of neuroscientists has discovered. Its findings indicate that language switching is ...
Nov 3, 2021
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A new study of online relationship support finds that men tend to experience emotional pain more than women when their relationship takes a turn for the worse.
Nov 1, 2021
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Baby brains are hungry for language. New parents are urged to talk to their babies to help their minds develop properly. Now, a group of UConn researchers have shown that "talking" doesn't just mean speech—sign language ...
Oct 26, 2021
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As busy people, we juggle many tasks, keep many balls in the air, and try to avoid letting anything drop. In class, instructors toss out ideas; sometimes they go over our heads, but other times we grasp them quickly.
Oct 20, 2021
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Take a minute to contemplate a sentence: Individually, each letter of each word doesn't hold much significance. But put them together into words, organize those words into sentences, and then these symbols convey meaning.
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