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Getting to the Core
Want to know how the brain works? Let these eight fundamental concepts guide your way.
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Do People With Dyslexia Read and Write Backwards?
Almost all children reverse letters when they’re first learning to read and write. Children with dyslexia might not outgrow this behavior as quickly as their peers, but reading and writing backwards is not the basis of dyslexia.
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The Language of Dementia
New research suggests that language tests could aid early diagnosis of debilitating dementia.
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A Mysterious Form of Long-Term Memory
Damage to certain parts of the brain can impair our ability to distinguish between related objects, like apples and oranges.
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Knitting Together the Brain's Language Center
There’s not a single language area in the brain — different parts take care of different jobs.
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Myth or Fact? Dyslexia Varies Across Different Languages
There are thousands of different languages in the world. Does dyslexia affect all of them the same way?
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How Humans Speak and Mice Learn: The Widespread Effects of FOXP2
Though mice don't use verbal language like we do, they still find a way to communicate.
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Can Special Fonts Help People With Dyslexia?
A typeface seeks to ease some of the challenges people with dyslexia face when reading.
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Roundup: Birdsong and Human Speech
Learn what some species of songbird have taught us about vocal and motor learning.
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Waking Up With A Foreign Accent
A rare brain disorder can entirely change the way you speak.
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Learning About Language From Birdsong
Songbirds are one of the few known species who learn to speak (or sing) like we do. That makes them the perfect case study to learn about the origins of language in the brain.
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Talking Sense
When you talk with a friend, there is a separate conversation going on in your brain.
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