“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 ...

A new study uses deep linear networks to prove that language undergoes iterated learning to become structured and learnable.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the ongoing pursuit by psychology ...

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 ...

From live speech translation in video calls to auto-dubbing on TikTok, the technology to dissolve language barriers has arrived. Real-time translation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is now ...

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 ...