For decades, scientists have asked whether language simply reports conscious thought or helps shape it. New insights from ...

Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

Previous studies have reported that the cerebellum, which is most well-known for coordinating the body’s movements, is also ...

“When learning your first language or a second language, you are using the hippocampus, which is responsible for learning and ...

A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

Speech blurs together unless you know the language; scientists found the brain signal that separates the words ...

Activities like learning a new language as a child or reading, writing, and playing board games later in life all had an impact on Alzheimer’s risk.

And the benefit for women might be even greater.

Valeria Vinogradova, a researcher at HSE University, together with British colleagues, studied how language proficiency affects cognitive processing in deaf adults. The study showed that higher ...

Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration ...

Emily Johnston, a writing studies professor at UC Merced, has researched how the act of writing rewires the brain to build ...

Can we be conscious without language? Does language influence our conscious experience? These questions, which are central to understanding the human mind, have been explored by researchers at the ...