This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When Emperor Akihito stepped down from the ...
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 ...
THE 7400 or so languages in use today speak to the fact that our species is primed to communicate. But while it is tempting to view language as merely a consequence of our extraordinary cognitive ...
Language before birth: Prenatal exposure to a foreign language can alter newborns’ brain responses, affecting how they process familiar and unfamiliar speech. Spotting dyslexia early: Brain patterns ...