Neurolinguistics

Cracking the Code Before Words: The Infant’s Amazing Ability to Find Word Boundaries

To an infant, spoken language is a continuous, unbroken river of sound. So how do they learn where one word…

4 months ago

The “Language Gene”: Does a Single Gene, FOXP2, Hold the Key to Human Speech?

The discovery of the FOXP2 gene, linked to a severe speech disorder, was hailed as finding the genetic "key" to…

4 months ago

The Accent That Wasn’t Theirs: Inside the Baffling Neurological Mystery of Foreign Accent Syndrome

Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is a baffling and rare medical condition where a person, typically after a stroke or brain…

4 months ago

Tasting the Word ‘Tuesday’: The Extraordinary World of Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia

What does the word 'Tuesday' taste like to you? For most of us, the question is nonsensical, but for individuals…

4 months ago

The Syntax of Scent: Can We Ever Truly Describe Smells with Words?

Why can we describe a shade of blue with a dozen words, but struggle to articulate the scent of rain?…

4 months ago

Hearing with Your Eyes: The McGurk Effect and the Illusions of Speech Perception

What happens when your eyes and ears receive conflicting information? The McGurk effect is a powerful illusion where seeing a…

4 months ago

A Blind Mind’s Eye: How People with Aphantasia Experience Language

How does someone who cannot form mental images understand a phrase like "a forest of emerald green"? This post explores…

4 months ago

Freudian Slips or Brain Glitches? What Slips of the Tongue Reveal About How We Organize Language

When you accidentally say "a lack of pies" instead of "a pack of lies," what's really happening? While Freud saw…

4 months ago

When Words Disappear: A Journey into Aphasia and the Brain’s Language Centers

Aphasia offers a profound look into how language is mapped in our brain. This journey explores the difference between Broca's…

4 months ago

The Role of Sleep in Consolidating Language Learning

Sleep, an activity that occupies nearly one-third of our lives, has always been an intriguing area of study for researchers.…

2 years ago

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