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How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages?
Speak a language your whole life and its grammatical rules become ingrained. That’s why you might correctly guess that the present participle of the verb “absquatulate” is “absquatulating,” even if you are completely unfamiliar with
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of recent research covering language, friendships, misinformation, and more.
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Across Cultures, People Combine Reference Frames to Orient Themselves
A 2025 study explores allocentric and egocentric references and whether the two can be integrated simultaneously in a single action.
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How Language Shapes Mental Health
The impacts of language on depression and anxiety symptoms in Japanese English bilingual people are explored in a new study from Clinical Psychological Science.
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Learning Another Language May Slow Brain Aging, Huge New Study Finds
Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, suggests that people who are
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Some Dogs Can Learn Categories Like Human Toddlers Do
… Elika Bergelson, a Harvard University language scientist who was not part of the new study, says human infants “mostly rely on how things look. But by 14 months they can also use role or
