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Carson Tangonan

Wide Vocabulary & Brains - 0 views

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    I chose this article because prior to posting this I was studying my SAT vocab. I was wondering if this would really help me. I found that "increased vocabulary knowledge correlates with increased grey matter density in a region of the parietal cortex that is well-located to mediate an association between meaning and sound (the posterior supramarginal gyrus). Further this region also shows sensitivity to acquiring a second language. Relative to monolingual English speakers, Italian-English bilinguals show increased grey matter density in the same region."
Carson Tangonan

Music vs Language - 1 views

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    I found this article interesting because it showed that humans are equally inclined to music, as they are to language. Also, music stimulates the same parts of the brain that language does.
Carson Tangonan

Deaf People 'Feel Touch' With Hearing Part of Brain - 3 views

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    Individuals who are born deaf use the "hearing" part of their brain to feel touch and to see objects, suggests new research that highlights the plasticity of the human brain. The new study, detailed online July 11 in The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that deaf people use the so-called auditory cortex to process both touch and visual stimuli much more than hearing individuals do.
Carson Tangonan

Being Bilingual May Help You in the Long Run - 3 views

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    Being able to speak two languages isn't just useful for traveling to other countries -- it could actually help keep your brain in tip-top shape in older age, a new study suggests.
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