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Rapid Alzheimer's Improvement After New Immune-based Treatment
Alzheimer's patients showed
rapid improvement in
language within minutes of a
novel immune-based
treatment. A new article
provides preliminary
... > full story
Nature-Nurture Gene Link Sheds New Light On Autism
Neuroscientists have found
that a previously
unsuspected set of genes
links nature and nurture
during a crucial period of
brain development. The
... > full story
Language Without Numbers: Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express 'One,' Other Numbers
An Amazonian language with
only 300 speakers has no
word to express the concept
of "one" or any other
specific number, according
... > full story
When Using Gestures, Rules Of Grammar Remain The Same
The mind apparently has a
consistent way of ordering
an event that defies the
order in which subjects,
verbs and objects typically
appear in languages.
... > full story
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Intelligent Computational Model Of The Descriptive Grammar Of The Spanish Language
July 22, 2008 — Researchers have developed an intelligent computational model of the descriptive grammar of the Spanish language. This opens up new possibilities for the computational representation of languages and ... > full story -
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Immigrant Youths Explore Identity In High School
July 15, 2008 — Research conducted among 380 high school students from Asian and Latin American immigrant families revealed that many adolescents change the labels used to describe themselves from year to year. ... > full story -
New Hearing Aid Technology Passes The Restaurant Noise Test
July 14, 2008 — The sound of a noisy Chicago restaurant during the breakfast rush -- the clang of plates and silverware and the clamor of many voices -- was the crucial test of new hearing aid technology in a study ... > full story -
Why Musicians Make Us Weep And Computers Don't
July 10, 2008 — Music can soothe the savage breast much better if played by musicians rather than clever computers, according to a new study. Neuroscientists looked at the brain's response to piano sonatas played ... > full story -
Avatars As Communicators Of Emotions
July 10, 2008 — Current interactive systems enable users to communicate with computers in many ways, but not taking into account emotional communication. A Ph.D. thesis puts forward the use of avatars or virtual ... > full story -
Woman Aquires New Accent After Stroke
July 6, 2008 — A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent, researchers reported in the Canadian Journal ... > full story -
How Does Language Exist In The Brain?
June 30, 2008 — Despite much research on acquisition of languages amongst monolingual persons, scientists still have to ask themselves basic questions about bilingual acquisition: How do babies realize that they are ... > full story -
Are You A Different Person When You Speak A Different Language?
June 26, 2008 — People who are bicultural and speak two languages may actually shift their personalities when they switch from one language to another, according to new ... > full story -
Neural Implant That Learns With The Brain May Help Paralyzed Patients
June 24, 2008 — Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now researchers have taken the ... > full story -
Evolutionarily Preserved Signature Found In The Primate Brain
June 24, 2008 — Researchers have determined that there are hundreds of biological differences between the sexes when it comes to gene expression in the cerebral cortex of humans and other primates. These findings ... > full story
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