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Sneha Chaturvedi June 12, 2023June 12, 2023 Aphasia, Brain Injury, Broca's area, Communication, Conduction aphasia, language, stroke, Temporal Lobe, Wernicke's area

Knowing Aphasia

June is Aphasia Awareness Month! For this infographic, Sneha Chaturvedi explains the basics of aphasia, which is a neurological condition that affects a person’s ability to communicate or understand… Read More

Artificial Intelligence Consciousness

Caitlin Goodpaster August 2, 2022August 1, 2022 algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, brain imaging, Computer Science, Dreaming, EEG, fMRI, language, Machine Learning, study of consciousness, Technology, verbal speech

Problems with Assessing Consciousness in the 21st Century

by Caitlin Goodpaster Early this June, a viral story hit the internet—an engineer at Google had claimed an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot named LaMDA was conscious (Tiku, 2022). LaMDA, which… Read More

Big Ideas Language Philosophy Sensation and Perception

Zoe Dobler August 2, 2021October 18, 2021 Color, Color Vision, language, native language, Perception, Vision

50 Shades of Green – How Language Shapes our Color Perception

While writing this article, I am lying in the grass, which is as green as the caipirinha I am drinking under the blue sky. This sounds great, doesn’t it? I’m… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Development Did You Know?Evolution of Cognition Language

Aurore Bargat April 27, 2021December 10, 2021 language, language acquisition, Learning, Learning and Memory, native language, vocal behaviors

Vocabulary Retention In Adult Language Learners

What can we learn and implement from neuroscience to support long-term vocabulary retention in adult language learners? Brain and Language Neuroscience focuses on how different regions of the brain work… Read More

Infographics Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Rajamani Selvam November 6, 2019September 1, 2020 Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Infographic, language, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Social Communication, Vaccines

Autism Spectrum Disorder [Infographic]

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in language acquisition and social communication. The disorder is referred to as a “spectrum,” as individuals can exhibit a… Read More

Language Evolution of Cognition Neuro News

Caitlin Aamodt November 16, 2018April 18, 2019 Evolution, FoxP2, Genetics, Human, language

Study Sheds New Light on FOXP2 in the Evolution of Language

Language is a uniquely human trait, and how it evolved is one of the greatest unanswered questions in neuroscience. Spoken and written language facilitate much of what makes up human… Read More

Language Brain Development Culture

Angela Grant July 25, 2018July 26, 2018 bilingual, diffusion tensor imaging, DTI, early nutrition, English, fractional anisotropy, immigrant, immigration, language, Maria Konnikova, native language, Patricia Kuhl, polyglot, radial diffusivity, Spanish, stress

The Bilingual Brain: Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Over the past few years, you might have noticed a surfeit of articles covering current research on bilingualism. Some of them suggest that it sharpens the mind, while others are… Read More

Language Did You Know?Sensation and Perception

Kayleen Schreiber March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Brain, Broca's area, Cortex, ECoG, electrocorticography, Fact, Hebbian learning, Karl Wernicke, language, Neuroscience, Pāṇini, Paul Broca, Speech, Wernicke's area

Language: Your Connection to Others

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]magine what it would be like if you couldn’t communicate with others. Language is a critical aspect of our lives, and it may be one of the oldest academic pursuits… Read More

Brain Development Learning and Memory

Jacob Umans August 30, 2017August 29, 2017 Christiane Schreiweis, declaritive learning, Dopamine, dorsolateral striatum, dorsomedial striatum, FoxP2, language, Learning, long-term depression (LTD), Mice, procedural learning, Protein Kinase C, Speech, Striatum, transcription factor, Urlich Bornschein, vocalization

How Humans Speak and Mice Learn: The Widespread Effects of FOXP2

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom bird songs to frog ribbits, animals engage in countless forms of vocalization. However, no other species in the animal kingdom matches humans in complexity of language. The versatility of… Read More

Brain Basics Learning and Memory

Brainfacts.org August 25, 2017August 24, 2017 Basal ganglia, birdsong, brain facts, BrainFacts.org, language, Learning, motor skills, singing, vocal behaviors, Vocal Learning, Zebra Finch

Learning about Language from Birdsong

Songbirds are one of the few known species who learn to speak (or sing) like we do. That makes them the perfect case study to learn about the origins of… Read More

52 Brain Facts

knowingneurons August 22, 2016June 30, 2017 52 Brain Facts, Analyze, Architecture, Awesome, Brain, Communicate, Control, Cool, Cortex, Evolution, Evolve, Fact, Knowing Neurons, language, Large, Logical, Myth, Neocortex, Rainbow, SciArt, SciComm

Myth or Fact? One region of the brain sets us humans apart from other species.

52 Brain Facts

knowingneurons March 21, 2016March 27, 2016 52 Brain Facts, Dyslexia, Grapheme, language, Letter, Phoneme, Sound

Myth or Fact? Dyslexia varies across different languages.

Brain Basics Did You Know?Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber August 13, 2014March 5, 2017 Aphasia, Arcuate fasciculus, Broca, Conduction aphasia, Frontal lobe, language, Left hemisphere, Motor, Sensory, Temporal Lobe, Wernicke

A Tale of Two Aphasias

It’s 1861, and the French neurologist Paul Broca is examining a new patient. Dr. Broca is puzzled because all the patient can say is “tan.” When Dr. Broca asks him… Read More

Brain Basics Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber July 23, 2014March 5, 2017 Brain, Corpus callosum, Fibers, Hemisphere, Key, Key-Ring, language, Left, Nerves, Optic Chiasm, Perception, Right, Ring, Roger Sperry, See, Split brain, Vision

The Split Brain: Making Two Hemispheres Whole

Admit it! You’ve taken one of those online quizzes to see if you’re more “right-brained” or “left-brained.” Too bad it’s all bunk! Popular culture would have you believe that… Read More

Brain Development Did You Know?Learning and Memory Sensation and Perception

JuanVelasquez January 9, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, Animal research, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Bengal finch, Development, language, language acquisition, Learning, model organisms, Song learning, Songbird, The songbird as a model for the generation and learning of complex sequential behaviors., Vocalizaton

What Songbirds Tell Us About Human Nature

Every once in a while, we hear of amazing scientific feats about how some new drug successfully reduces weight without dieting or exercise in monkeys, or how scientists slowed aging… Read More