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Waking Up With A Foreign Accent

A rare brain disorder can entirely change the way you speak.

BrainFacts/SfN
8 min.

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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.

BrainFacts/SfN

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?

Knowing Neurons

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.

Knowing Neurons

Can Special Fonts Help People With Dyslexia?

A typeface seeks to ease some of the challenges people with dyslexia face when reading.

BrainFacts/SfN

Roundup: Birdsong and Human Speech

Learn what some species of songbird have taught us about vocal and motor learning.

BrainFacts/SfN

Waking Up With A Foreign Accent

A rare brain disorder can entirely change the way you speak.

BrainFacts/SfN
8 min

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.

BrainFacts/SfN
5 min

Talking Sense

When you talk with a friend, there is a separate conversation going on in your brain.

BrainFacts/SfN

How Does Language Work?: A Classroom Presentation

Why are birds used to study language? Where is language located in the brain? Help your students answer these questions and more with this classroom presentation.

BrainFacts/SfN

Aphasia: The Disorder That Makes You Lose Your Words

If the delicate web of language networks in your brain became disrupted by stroke, illness, or trauma, you could find yourself truly at a loss for words.

TED
5 min

Language and the Brain

This infographic will help your students see language.

Voxy

The Brain Prize Presents: Stanislas Dehaene

When we read, our brains transform the shapes of letters and characters on a page into the sounds of spoken language. But how does the brain do this?

The Brain Prize
8 min

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