Psycholinguistics

The Poet’s Gene: Language in Williams Syndrome

Williams Syndrome presents a fascinating linguistic paradox where remarkable verbal eloquence and a love for unusual words coexist with significant…

3 months ago

The Reader’s Leap: Why Your Eyes Skip Words

Reading feels like a smooth, continuous flow, but your eyes are actually performing a frantic, jerky dance across the page.…

3 months ago

The Unspoken Tutor: How Games Teach Language

How do video games teach us to navigate new worlds and master complex actions without a single word of instruction?…

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The Child Who Forgot to Speak: Childhood L1 Attrition

We often worry about losing a second language, but what happens when a child starts to forget their first? First-language…

3 months ago

The Milliseconds Before You Speak

Before a single sound leaves your lips, your brain performs an incredible series of high-speed calculations. In just a few…

3 months ago

The Brain’s Autocorrect: Error Repair in Speech

We constantly misspeak, yet our conversations flow with surprising smoothness. This is thanks to "speech repair", the brain's subconscious autocorrect…

3 months ago

The Code-Switcher’s Tightrope

Beyond the familiar concept of switching between languages lies a more subtle, yet equally demanding, linguistic performance: bi-dialectalism. For millions,…

3 months ago

Does Language Make You Better at Math?

Why do children in some countries seem to learn arithmetic faster? The answer may lie not in their schools, but…

3 months ago

Hearing Words in White Noise

Do you ever hear faint voices in the hum of an air conditioner or a running fan? You're not alone.…

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Can You Forget How to Read Your First Language?

Ever returned to your home country and found yourself stumbling over a newspaper in your mother tongue? This isn't just…

3 months ago

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