Think your cerebellum only coordinates fluid movements? New 2026 research reveals how your "little brain" also creates the ...

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

Scientists at Stanford University have taken a major step toward helping people “speak” without moving a muscle—by decoding the silent voice inside the mind. In a study published in the journal ...

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

Word puzzles have become one of the most popular puzzle challenges on the web. These seemingly simple puzzles consisting of random letters arranged in a grid have taken the web by storm. The goal of a ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL. The new ...

The figure shows how the brain works to decode the different aspects of words over time, with phonetics (i.e., sounds) processed first and most quickly and semantic meaning coming later and taking ...

Simple daily brain exercises can enhance concentration, memory, creativity, and emotional balance, while improving problem-solving skills, reducing stress, and sharpening overall cognitive abilities.

In various previous posts, I have discussed the role of word puzzles in stimulating different components of "verbal thinking," which can be defined, for the present purpose, as the formation of ...