What are the most common children’s first words, according to largest ever global study
Children learn demonstratives that call others’ attention to objects – such as ‘this/that’ and ‘here/there’ – at extremely young ages.
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Joseph Shavit
Mar 13, 2022
AI innovation fills in the missing gaps in ancient texts
A team of AI researchers has developed an AI application to help historians fill in the gaps of text missing from stone and metal artifacts
Joseph Shavit
Jan 8, 2022
Dogs can distinguish between languages
Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain imaging study finds
Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2021
The relationship between music processing and language skills in the brain
Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to study the brains of secondary school students during a task focused on musical observation.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 18, 2021
1,500 endangered languages at high risk of being lost this century
A world-first study warns 1,500 endangered languages could no longer be spoken by the end of this century.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 4, 2021
How do you map the infinitude of colors to a discrete number of words?
No language has words for all the blues of a wind-churned sea or the greens and golds of a wildflower meadow in late summer.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 29, 2021
When it comes to communication skills — maybe we’re born with it?
Are a child’s long-term language skills shaped by how their brain develops during infancy, and how much is influenced by their environment
Joshua Shavit
Aug 6, 2021
Learning music can boost language and speech skills
Research has shown that a music-related hobby boosts language skills and affects the processing of speech in the brain.
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