Two new studies published in the journals Neuron00792-5) and Naturereveal how the human brain transforms a continuous stream ...

Speaking more than one language can slow down the brain's aging and lower risks linked to accelerated aging.

Scientists have thought that when we hear language, the brain processes it the same way, whether it's familiar or foreign. A ...

Neuroscientists are getting closer to the moment when a frozen snapshot of brain activity can be replayed like a paused ...

The brain’s superior temporal gyrus quietly learns your language patterns, helping it break continuous speech into clear, ...

From stroke and brain injury, to cognitive impairment and neurological diseases, various conditions can have a profound ...

When surgeons perform brain surgery on people with brain tumors or epilepsy, they need to remove the tumor or abnormal tissue while preserving parts of the brain that control language and movement. A ...

This means the hippocampus, a key brain region for forming memories, is physically bigger. A larger or more structurally ...

When education is framed primarily as optimizing neural circuitry, we risk losing sight of the full complexity of human ...

A rigorous analysis of numerous studies concludes that a part of the brain traditionally associated with movement is abnormal in children with developmental language impairments, according to ...