A new fMRI brain imaging study of dogs shows that their brains process spoken words in hierarchical ways that are surprisingly similar to how the human brain uses a two-tiered hierarchy to process ...

Researchers have recorded direct evidence that the human hippocampus continues to process spoken words, grammar, and meaning during propofol general anesthesia, raising pointed questions about what ...

Much has been said about the remarkable ability humans have to extract meaning from language. That ability is remarkable indeed. In a split second, we perceive a spoken or written word and immediately ...