According to researchers, following a perinatal stroke that damages the language area in the left hemisphere, the brain remaps to use the right hemisphere for language.
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Physics of Bubbles May Explain Language Patterns
Physics of Bubbles May Explain Language Patterns Summary: A new study reveals dialects move outwards from population centers, which may explain why some cities have their own dialects, researchers say. Source: University of Portsmouth. Language patterns could be predicted by simple laws of physics, a new study has found. Dr James Burridge from the UniversityContinue reading “Physics of Bubbles May Explain Language Patterns”
Depression to Dementia
(i) Individuals who develop depression at any point in their lives, sustain minimal or no depression-related neuropathology (eg, glucocorticoid neurotoxicity), and who have stable, normal cognitive functioning; (ii) Individuals who develop depression at any point and who experience depression-related neuropathology that results in MCI that is stable (unless they experience additional depressive episodes); (iii) IndividualsContinue reading “Depression to Dementia”
How LSD Affects Language
Summary: A new study looks at how LSD affects the ability to correctly put a name to an object. Source: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern. The consumption of LSD, short for lysergic acid diethylamide, can produce altered states of consciousness. This can lead to a loss of boundaries between the self and the environment, as might occurContinue reading “How LSD Affects Language”