A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may ...

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered ...

The human brain processes spoken language in a step-by-step sequence that closely matches how large language models transform ...

Large language models, often called LLMs, usually help write emails, answer questions, and summarize documents. A new ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a ...

When you learn a new language, it lights up certain brain regions, but speaking your native tongue allows the brain to rest. An MIT study finds the brain expends comparatively little effort when ...

Language enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each person’s brain responds similarly to the meaning of words. In newly published research, my colleagues and I developed a ...

Growing up in two multilingual cultures inspired Saima Malik-Moraleda to delve into the mysteries of language processing. Close your eyes and, for a moment, imagine you know two languages. For any ...

Brain-computer interfaces, AI and real-time censorship. Philip Seargeant tells us how modern tech is changing our language. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.