Psycholinguistics is a field at the intersection of psychology and linguistics, and one of its recent discoveries is that the languages we speak influence our eye movements. For example, English ...

Sport science has historically relied on homogenous, often uncritical language that reinforces dominant norms and marginalises those who fall outside them. Language is never neutral, and is integral ...

Data from a longitudinal study involving 4 -- year old twins has shown that genetic factors appear to influence individual differences in language development among children. Additionally, it was ...

You will never forget your mother tongue, a new study found. Scientists have found that even a small exposure to a first language influences the way the brain will interpret and process sounds. In a ...

Another entry for the ever-expanding category of "the brain is a very strange place" posts. A paper in PNAS suggests that what we call a color may influence how we perceive it. The image below shows a ...

How do you use body language to influence someone? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer ...

EUGENE, Ore. - Nov. 19, 2018 - Consumers make assumptions based on the language used by a brand or advertiser, and politeness does matter, say researchers at the University of Oregon and University of ...