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The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language.

That chasm between language and reality, “the ravine between declared principles and real aims,” obscured both the atrocities of the war and the real motivations for the invasion.

Brain studies show that language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought

The similarity between neural networks and human brains opens a window on human conversations. When two people converse, their brain activity becomes coupled, transferring thoughts from the speaker to the listener.

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A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning.

A neural network that taught itself to recognize objects using the filmed experiences of a single infant could offer new insights into how humans learn.

Language was long understood as a human-only affair. New research suggests that isn’t so.

In “The Great White Bard,” Farah Karim-Cooper maintains that close attention to race, and racism, will only deepen engagement with the playwright’s canon.