Neuroscience
Why do people have slips of the tongue?
Have you visited Yew Nork? Does your stummy ache? What dog of bag food will we get?
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Health
Rethinking criminalizing language in firearm research and intervention
Injuries associated with firearm violence pose a persistent public health threat in the United States. The term "recidivism" is often used when referring to those who experience repeat firearm injuries. A commentary in the ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
Similar patterns of brain activation and language selectivity found in speakers of 45 different languages
Over several decades, neuroscientists have created a well-defined map of the brain's "language network," or the regions of the brain that are specialized for processing language. Found primarily in the left hemisphere, this ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Ancestry-specific genetic risk examined for triple-negative breast cancer
Women of African ancestry more often have a personal history of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), but the magnitudes of gene-specific risks for TNBC are similar across different racial/ethnic groups, according to a study ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study finds stuttering anticipation prompts unique activity in the brain
The right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (R-DLPFC) in the brain plays a key role in cognitive control—decision making, memory processing, task planning, etc. New research suggests that cognitive control underlies how stutterers ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers debunk earlier study: Babies may not be able to learn language rules after all
For two decades, language experts were certain that babies were able to learn language rules from as young as the age of seven months. However, recent research carried out by a consortium of four Dutch baby labs led by researchers ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Rare genetic anomaly linked to 20% of childhood acute myeloid leukemia cases
It's a diagnosis you never want to hear: acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These three words represent a devastating diagnosis of childhood cancer with dire consequences for many families.
Mar 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bilingualism comes naturally to our brains, new study shows
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study results support eliminating the term 'schizophrenic' from clinical practice
New research published in the Journal of Counseling & Development found a difference in tolerance toward individuals with schizophrenia depending on whether mental health counselors and counselors-in-training received a survey ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why words become harder to remember as we get older
As we get older, we find it increasingly difficult to have the right words ready at the right moment—even though our vocabulary actually grows continuously over the course of our lives. Until now, it was unclear why this ...
Sep 2, 2021
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