By tracking brain activity as people listened to a spoken story, researchers found that the brain builds meaning step by step ...

New research shows AI language models mirror how the human brain builds meaning over time while listening to natural speech.

Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development of computational models inspired by the brain's layered organization, also ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

Human language is structured to minimize mental effort by using familiar, predictive patterns grounded in lived experience.

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

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 ...

When people are framed as something less than fully human, public empathy and willingness to protect their rights shrink ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...