When you try to speak another language as an adult, it's a truly challenging and beneficial task for your brain, research shows. Have your travels taken you to a foreign country where you were unable to communicate with others because you didn’t know their language? Yet even the thought of…
Do you swear a lot? Is your vocabulary of swear words expansive? If so, you may have stronger general verbal skills than those who know few. Knowing a wide range of swear words has been connected to having good verbal skills, which can mean communication, language and general speaking. So…
I am sure we have all wondered why languages are different from region to region. The spoken word, although complex and diverse, is enticing. We all muse about why we do not communicate in a universal form. Well, the obvious reasons pertain to culture in different regions of the world.…
Remember when schools used to mandate learning a second language? Sometimes they would go as far as bringing in the native speaking teachers to help with the process? Well, now we are starting to understand why learning a second language is so vital. Not only does it help increase the…
If you like having sex, eating chocolate, or taking drugs (or all of the above), you are going to love learning new words. No, seriously, learning is just as stimulating and exciting as either of these “fun-filled” activities. Not saying that drug use is good or anything, it’s just that…
The fact that sometimes we think we emit the same "wavelength" with another person because our brain is designed to continuously run ahead and “predict ” what the person we are talking to is going to say. This is the conclusion of a new American study. According to experts, the…
Over the last decade, many people became increasingly interested in brain hemispheres and their functions, as well as their effects on the process of learning. This interest has to do with the fact that traditional teaching models are based on the functioning of the left hemisphere i.e. the development of…
Babies usually look completely helpless, but in fact, they are capable of amazing things! Here are several "superpowers" of children under the age of 3 years. 5 "Superpowers" All Babies Have 1. Water instinct At birth, the person receives a set of instincts that work well as long as the…
