“Understanding how different languages coexist and interact in the human brain is important because it lays the groundwork for investigating the social benefits of being bilingual. San Diego State University’s Karen Emmorey, who studied bilingual individuals fluent in English and ASL, collaborated on the research.” See the full article on Newsweek >>
Congratulations to LLCN Researchers, Dr. Zed Sevcikova and Meghan McGarry, Travel Award Winners!
Congratulations to LLCN Researchers, Dr. Zed Sevcikova and Meghan McGarry on receiving travel awards to the Society for Neurobiology of Language Conference in Quebec City! See the 2018 Award Winners >>
LLCN celebrates our largest graduating class!
Congratulations to all the following SDSU students!: Top Row: Soren Mickelsen, M.A. Speech Pathology Chris Brozdowski, Ph.D. Language & Communicative Disorders Israel Montano, B.A. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Dessa Bauman, B.A. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Lucyl Florencio, B.A. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Bottom Row: Michelle Donar, B.A. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences […]
When we sign, we build phrases with similar neural mechanisms as when we speak
“Differences between signed and spoken languages are significant, yet the underlying neural processes we use to create complex expressions are quite similar for both, a team of researchers has found. “This research shows for the first time that despite obvious physical differences in how signed and spoken languages are produced and comprehended, the neural timing […]