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Picking Up a Second Language Is Predicted by Ability to Learn Patterns

A new study suggests that learning to understand and read a second language may be driven, at least in part, by our ability to pick up on statistical regularities. ... More>


Celebrate Brain Diversity, Gernsbacher Suggests

In her Bring the Family Address at the 25th APS Annual Convention, language-processing researcher Morton Ann Gernsbacher explained why it makes more sense to accept disabilities like autism as examples of brain diversity rather than viewing them as defects. ... More>


Cognitive Reappraisal of Emotion: A Meta-analysis of Human Neuroimaging Studies

Jason T. Buhle and Jennifer A. Silvers from Columbia University present their research on cognitive reappraisal of emotion at the 25th Annual APS Convention . ... More>