Thursday, April 26, 2007

Brain’s speech site is revisited and revised

A fresh analysis of the two damaged brains preserved by Broca suggests that neither of the old brains have damage that affected the whole region now known as “Broca’s area”. At the same time, however, damage in them also stretches far into other regions beyond this spot.

Read the full news article at Nature.com



Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Chimps ‘more evolved’ than humans

Filed under: Origins of language

It is time to stop thinking we are the pinnacle of evolutionary success – chimpanzees are the more highly evolved species, according to new research. …

Read the full news article at New Scientist



Thursday, April 12, 2007

Lip-read me now, hear me better later

Experience hearing a person’s voice allows us to more easily hear what they are saying. Now research by UC Riverside psychology Professor Lawrence D. Rosenblum and graduate students Rachel M. Miller and Kauyumari Sanchez has shown that experience seeing a person’s face also makes it easier to hear them. …

Read the full news item at EurekAlert