“It is neither possible nor desirable to study any part of the psychobiological system in isolation from the rest of the system” —Silvan Tomkins, 1981 (in Demos, 1995, p. 50) Over the past many months ...

Language and thought are intricately intertwined, creating a complex tapestry that shapes our cognition. While it is evident that thought can exist independently of language, particularly in the ...

Sign language, like spoken language, supports infant cognitive development in hearing infants, according to a groundbreaking new study by Northwestern University researchers. Cognitive developmental ...

The world of brain research has a secret flaw. For decades, studies into how the mind works have been carried out primarily by English-speaking scientists on English-speaking participants. Yet their ...

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

"Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This book shows that even in a core cognitive ...

In a re-evaluation of Hockett's foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like "arbitrariness," "duality of patterning," and "displacement"—an international team of ...

Packing up your life and moving somewhere you can’t order coffee, read a lease, or understand a doctor’s instructions sounds ...

This track explores the relationship between language and mind. Students will learn about the meanings and functions of language, the ways in which language is produced and comprehended, how it is ...

"Holiday" or "vacation", "to start" or "to begin", "my friend's cat" or "the cat of my friend"—in our language, there are different ways of expressing the same things and concepts. But can the choice ...