Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region's ...

By tracking brain activity as people listened to a spoken story, researchers found that the brain builds meaning step by step ...

Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a ...

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered architecture of advanced AI language models. Using electrocorticography data from ...

When people are framed as something less than fully human, public empathy and willingness to protect their rights shrink ...

When surgeons perform brain surgery on people with brain tumors or epilepsy, they need to remove the tumor or abnormal tissue while preserving parts of the brain that control language and movement. A ...

Artificial intelligence was built to process data, not to think like us. Yet a growing body of research is finding that the ...

We investigated how our brains process language during real-life conversations. Specifically, we wanted to understand which brain regions become active when we're speaking and listening, and how these ...

There are many reasons to learn a new language — it might be for work, a love interest, or a personal interest in a region's culture or people. Research shows that learning languages benefits your ...