Study shows schizophrenia limits understanding of body language
Understanding the meaning behind a person's posture or body movement comes easily to many people and helps guide how we react to others socially. view more (2006-05-19)
The pen may be mightier than the keyboard
When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard. Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when using a pen than a keyboard to compose essays, according to new research. view more (2009-09-17)
Having right timing 'connections' in brain is key to overcoming dyslexia
Using new software developed to investigate how the brains of dyslexic children are organized, University of Washington researchers have found that key areas for language and working memory involved in reading are connected differently in dyslexics than in children who are good readers and spellers. view more (2007-09-05)
Looking at language
The study of the neural basis of language has largely focused on regions in the cortex - the outer brain layers thought by many researchers to have expanded during human evolution. view more (2009-08-05)
Different styles of mother-infant interaction affect different aspects of infant cognition
Although the quality of mother-child interaction and its effect on general IQ and later schooling is a widely researched topic, it has never been studied using the same infants over a period of time across several cognitive domains. However, this is the focus of new psychological research, which will be presented at the British Psychological... view more... (2005-03-21)
MIT develops lecture search engine to aid students
Imagine you are taking an introductory biology course. You're studying for an exam and realize it would be helpful to revisit the professor's explanation of RNA interference. Fortunately for you, a digital recording of the lecture is online, but the 10-minute explanation you want is buried in a 90-minute lecture you don't have time to watch. view more (2007-11-15)
How do secure mother-child attachments predict good friendships?
Preschool children who are securely attached to their mothers form closer friendships in the early grade-school years for a number of reasons, according to a new University of Illinois study published in Child Development. view more (2009-02-18)
New ears for deaf children
Thanks to the cochlear implant deaf children under two years old can express and understand properly the language. Those are the results obtained by the University Clinic of the University of Navarre. The University Clinic of Navarre is a pioneer in cochlear implant. This technique replaces the ear with a system that stimulates the hearing nerve... view more... (2002-11-29)
Dyslexia varies across language barriers
Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia have a disorder that is distinctly different, and perhaps more complicated and severe, than that of English speakers. view more (2009-10-13)
World Wide Web Consortium Issues DOM Level 2 HTML as a W3C Recommendation
Leading the Web to its full potential, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today published the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML as a W3C Recommendation. The specification reflects cross-industry agreement on a standard API (Application Programming Interface) for manipulating HTML and XHTML 1.0 documents and data through a programming... view more... (2003-01-09)
World Wide Web Consortium Issues MathML 2.0 as a W3C Recommendation
Scientists from Industry and Academia Produce Definitive Solution for Math on the Web http://www.w3.org/ -- 21 February 2001 -- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today announced the release of the Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) 2.0 as a W3C Recommendation. MathML 2.0, an XML application, provides encoding mathematical notation and content... view more... (2001-03-29)
World Wide Web Consortium Publishes First Public Working Draft of Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.2
W3C Produces Open Web Services Vocabulary with Improved XML Interoperability The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has issued Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.2 and WSDL 1.2 Bindings as W3C Public Working Drafts. WSDL 1.2 is an XML-based language that describes a Web Service - the data exchanged, the protocol to use, and its location on... view more... (2002-07-09)
The language of pain
A series of painful conversations between IRA bomber Patrick Magee and one of his victim's daughters has been analysed by applied linguist Professor Lynne Cameron, from the University of Leeds. The results shed important new light on the way such emotionally charged conversations are constructed using metaphors. view more (2004-09-29)
Where the brain organizes actions
Researchers have discovered that Broca's area in the brain—best known as the region that evolved to manage speech production—is a major "executive" center in the brain for organizing hierarchies of behaviors. view more (2006-06-15)
Swedish footballers and Spanish bars
What do Swedes and Spaniards talk to each other about and why? What problems can arise in communication between them, and how can they be solved? These questions are treated in a dissertation to be defended by Cilla H'€ggkvist at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stockholm University in Sweden. The problems that arise are dependent on both... view more... (2002-06-04)
Fetal heart rate yields clues to children's later development
Variations in heart rate patterns provide information on how the nervous system functions in adults and children. Obstetricians have long considered heart rate patterns to be important indicators of fetal well-being during the prenatal period as well as in labor and delivery. view more (2007-11-15)
Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants' language development
Despite marketing claims, parents who want to give their infants a boost in learning language probably should limit the amount of time they expose their children to DVDs and videos such as "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby." view more (2007-08-08)
Harvard scientists predict the future of the past tense
Verbs evolve and homogenize at a rate inversely proportional to their prevalence in the English language, according to a formula developed by Harvard University mathematicians who've invoked evolutionary principles to study our language over the past 1,200 years, from "Beowulf" to "Canterbury Tales" to "Harry Potter." view more (2007-10-11)
Babies with an accent
In the first days of their lives, French infants already cry in a different way to German babies. view more (2009-11-09)
Computers unlock more secrets of the mysterious Indus Valley script
Four-thousand years ago, an urban civilization lived and traded on what is now the border between Pakistan and India. view more (2009-08-04)
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