Bilinguals React More Emotionally to Mother Tongue
A recent study by researchers in Poland has examined differences in how bilingual people respond to emotionally charged words in different languages.
The study, carried...
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Bilinguals React More Emotionally to Mother Tongue
A recent study by researchers in Poland has examined differences in how bilingual people respond to emotionally charged words in different languages.
The study, carried...
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Study Shows Twins Learn Language Differently
A new study conducted by researchers at Georgia State University and Istanbul Bilgi University suggests that twins undergo language acquisition at a slightly different...
‘Iconic’ Sounds May Be Missing Link to Language
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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-...
U.S. Guide to Exemplary Language Programs Wins $500K Grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to support the efforts of the America’s Languages Working Group in building the Guide...
LRA Releases Report on Dyslexia Research
In response to the growing national attention around dyslexia in both the government and the media, the Literacy Research Association (LRA) has released a...
Early Language Acquisition in COVID Lockdowns
Extensive research during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown its effect on the way we talk and engage with our language, like the introduction of...
Learn a New Language to Boost Brain Activity
A new study, published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, shows that studying a new language boosts brain activity, which then reduces as language skills...
Bilingual Infants Prefer Baby Talk
Babies pay more attention to baby talk than regular speech, regardless of which languages they’re used to hearing, according to a study led by...
Naked Mole Rats Communicate Complexly
Birds, dolphins, and bees are all well-known within the scientific community for their ability to communicate in ways that resemble human language in one...
Where Do Students Store New Vocabulary?
A study on word learning recently published in Neuropsychologia is shedding light on the age-old question of how language learners’ minds store the target...
Study Shows Brain’s Innate Capacity for Reading
The human brain is predisposed to visualizing words, even before individuals acquire literacy, according to a team of researchers at Ohio State University.
Their paper,...
What Language Does Pain Speak?
A new study suggests that the language a bilingual person speaks may affect their physical sensations, including pain.
Researchers at the University of Miami tried...
