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Neuroimaging reveals hidden communication between brain layers during reading

October 1, 2019 0 Comments Brain-Computer Interfaces, Child Development, Dyslexia, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Learning Disorders, Literacy, neuroscience

Language involves many different regions of the brain. Researchers have discovered previously hidden connections between brain layers during reading, in a neuroimaging study. The team used laminar Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (lfMRI) to investigate what happens when people read Dutch words like ''zalm'' (salmon) compared to pseudowords (''rorf''), revealing top-down influences on deep brain layers for the first time.

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Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed

October 1, 2019 0 Comments Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Child Development, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Learning Disorders, Literacy, neuroscience

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how we're able to understand spoken language so rapidly, and it involves a huge and complex set of computations in the brain.

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Teenagers less likely to respond to mothers with controlling tone of voice

September 27, 2019 0 Comments Child Development, Child Psychology, Educational Psychology, Hearing Impairment, Language Acquisition, Numeracy, Parenting, Perception

Teenagers are less likely to cooperate and put effort into their mother's requests when they are said in a controlling tone of voice, researchers have found.

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How neuronal recognition of songbird calls unfolds over time

September 26, 2019 0 Comments Animal Learning and Intelligence, Birds, Cell Biology, Epilepsy, Language Acquisition, neuroscience, New Species, Perception

A novel computational approach sheds new light on the response of neurons in the brain of a songbird when it hears and interprets the meaning of another bird's call.

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True lies: How letter patterns color perceptions of truth

September 25, 2019 0 Comments Behavior, Brain Injury, Consumer Behavior, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Memory, Perception, Psychology

Cause-and-effect statements may seem more true if the initial letters in the words are in alphabetical order because the human brain prefers patterns that follow familiar sequences.

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The happiest introverts may be extraverts

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Behavior, Child Development, Elder Care, Healthy Aging, Infant's Health, Language Acquisition, Social Psychology, Teen Health

If you are an introvert, force yourself to be an extravert. You'll be happier. That's the suggestion of the first-ever study asking people to act like extraverts for a prolonged period. The benefits of extraversion have been reported before, including those of ''forced extraversion,'' but usually only for brief intervals.