The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at ...

Neuroscientists have long listened to the brain’s electrical spikes, but those loud crackles are only the final output of a much quieter conversation. Now a set of new tools is letting researchers ...

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the ...

Scientists have found that the human brain understands spoken language in a surprisingly similar way to advanced AI systems.

We investigated how our brains process language during real-life conversations. Specifically, we wanted to understand which brain regions become active when we're speaking and listening, and how these ...

The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered architecture of advanced AI language models. Using electrocorticography data from ...

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Hysell V. Oviedo, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) Some of the ...