Learning new languages physically changes your brain and increases your cognitive abilities. But what really happens in the ...

Language Connection: Researchers discovered a neuronal connection related to language in chimpanzee brains, previously ...

Reading is a highly valuable skill that allows humans to acquire new knowledge, pursue an education and complete a wide range ...

Difficulty speaking clearly or understanding language is called aphasia. Its most common cause is stroke, but aphasia also ...

Brief speech abnormalities can signal warning strokes in language areas of the brain. These might include momentary word-finding difficulties, briefly mixing up words, or short periods where ...

New research published in Nature Communications offers a detailed look at how the human brain supports natural conversation.

Researchers identified two brain networks involved in word retrieval -- the cognitive process of accessing words we need to speak. A semantic network processes meaning in middle/inferior frontal gyri, ...

We combined advanced AI, specifically language models like those behind ... during a conversation engage a widespread network of brain areas in the frontal and temporal lobes.

as people with PPA have brain atrophy or a loss of brain cells. "We wanted to stimulate the area that is most responsive to language and were careful not to stimulate an area that would have been ...