Source: Grzegorz Eliasiewicz, used with permission. Humans use words to refer to objects in the environment. We understand that certain words “stand for” certain objects, and this understanding is ...

Science shows that dogs learn to form mental representations of words, shedding light on why they often seem to grasp our conversations. Nothing quite captures the heart like videos of dogs appearing ...

A unique study has thrown fascinating new light on how young children begin to understand the meaning of words. The findings by the researchers, from The University of Manchester are published in the ...

We are at a fun but noisy party: how can we understand the words someone is saying to us despite the background music and voices? Thanks to the hard work of our brain and a special trick, it is ...