Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development of computational models inspired by the brain's layered organization, also ...

Languages are complex and our words are powerful. Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky discusses how even small variations in language may mean big... Does language shape how we think? Part 2 of the ...

Co-authored with Sayuri Hayakawa, Ph.D. As Japan's Emperor Akihito stepped down from the Chrysanthemum Throne in the country's first abdication in 200 years, Naruhito officially became the new Emperor ...

A new study explores how human-like language shapes the way we talk about artificial intelligence. Think, know, understand, remember. These are the kinds of mental verbs people use every day to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a colorful brain scan shows axons (wires) in a network that winds through the brain A person's native language may shape how their ...

THE 7400 or so languages in use today speak to the fact that our species is primed to communicate. But while it is tempting to view language as merely a consequence of our extraordinary cognitive ...

Zagreb-born artist Nora Turato transforms everyday fragments of speech and text into a mirror of our shared unconscious The omnipresence of language, in its countless forms, is the foundation of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. Ever notice how ChatGPT seems to "get" you better some days ...