“Every word was coined by a resourceful individual or borrowed as a result of language contact in a certain place at a certain time,” writes Anatoly Liberman in his new book, “Word Origins and How We ...

A spinning 3D view of one person's cerebral cortex. Pink indicates above average activity and blue shows below average activity. Jerry Tang and Alexander Huth Researchers have created a non-invasive ...

Recently, my colleagues and I published a study on decoding language from brain recordings made using functional MRI. Brain decoders are being developed to help restore communication to people who ...