Language Acquisition Archives

Just seeing reminders of coffee can stimulate the brain

Just looking at something that reminds us of coffee can cause our minds to become more alert and attentive, according

When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it’s not just how much parents say, but how they say

A new study of the educational needs of students who are native users of American Sign Language (ASL) shows glaring

Language changes are happening in southwest Kansas, a Kansas State University linguistics team has found. People in Liberal, Kansas, and

It’s very difficult to determine when, how and why human language began. While fossil primates provide important clues about human

Shortly after they turn 1, most babies begin to help others, whether by handing their mother an object out of

Seeing an object at the same time that you hear sound coming from somewhere else can lead to the “ventriloquist

We intuitively use more emotional language to enhance our powers of persuasion, according to research published in Psychological Science, a

Differences between signed and spoken languages are significant, yet the underlying neural processes we use to create complex expressions are