Language Pathway 20 Million Years Older than Previously Thought
Neuroscientists have discovered that the human language pathway in the brain is at least 25 million years old, pushing back its evolutionary origin by at least 20 million years.
Previously, a precursor of the language...
Online Dating Favors Bilinguals
Poll reveals 66% of US singles would “swipe right” on someone who claims to be multilingual, but nearly half of users admit to lying about fluency
Being bilingual can make you more attractive to others...
Increasing Space Between Letters Could Help Dyslexic Readers
A study recently published in Research in Developmental Disabilities has shown that dyslexic children may be able to improve their reading speed with increased spacing in between the letters printed on the page.
The...
UT Austin Statisticians Win Prestigious Award for Language Learning Research
UT Austin statisticians Giorgio Paulon and Abhra Sarkar have been awarded the prestigious Mitchell Prize for their paper on tone learning in adults.
The Mitchell Prize, jointly sponsored by the American Statistical Association, the International...
Researchers Tackle Universal Grammar
In their new book The Language Game, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater set out to identify the origins of human language—and the pair’s findings deviate from the traditionally accepted schools of...
Genes and Languages Don’t Always Sync
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) has been investigating if language and genes evolved in tandem over the last few thousand...
Americans Worry Most about their Accents
Study shows Americans are the nationality most concerned about perceptions of their accent and that accents are associated with traits from professionalism to passion!
The popular language-learning app Babbel commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct the...
Every Summer Counts
The largest and longest study of its kind on summer learning programs reveals short- and long-term benefits among students who consistently attended voluntary, five- to six-week summer learning programs. The findings suggest that these...
More Evidence that Bilingualism Delays Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
These results contribute to the growing body of evidence showing that bilinguals are more resilient in dealing with neurodegeneration than monolinguals.
A new study published in Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders provides new evidence that...
‘Iconic’ Sounds May Be Missing Link to Language
The missing link that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic...