It's hard to think back that far! Scientific research has shown that learning to read changes the way our brains work. Not ...

She is an editor of the Observatory’s Guide to Linguistics and Guide to Language Arts & Writing. Her interests span science communication, discourse analysis, pragmatics, and literacy. How often do we ...

Ask an AI model the same political question in two different languages, and you may get two very different responses. A new ...

From babbling marmosets to spelling tasks and story-listening brain scans, new research is uncovering how brain growth and connectivity shape our ability to learn and use language. Studies link rapid ...

Think about a word that looks like its meaning. For instance, the word bed kind of looks like a bed, with the vertical lines ...

Calling AI things like “smart” or saying it “knows” something might sound harmless, but it can quietly mislead people about what AI actually does. A new study shows that news writers are more careful ...

A new model to predict how language changes over time has been developed by a statistical physicist at the University of ...

We usually look to our families of origin to understand ourselves and our unconscious motivations, especially if we’ve been in therapy. Having had two psychoanalyses myself, I’ve been exploring that ...

Nestled in the core of the brain is the hippocampus, a little curve of tissue central to memory and learning. It serves as a ...

Every day we’re faced with a zillion small choices: Go to sleep early, or watch one more episode of that Netflix drama. Call an old friend to catch up, or cruise social media. Of course, no single ...

If you spend any amount of time on LinkedIn, you’ll have certainly come across this type of phrasing: “This isn’t a job, it’s a calling” or “This isn’t marketing, it’s a movement” or “This isn’t a ...

Neither genetics nor brain scans can distinguish a person with depression, A.D.H.D. or autism from one without.