A new study uses deep linear networks to prove that language undergoes iterated learning to become structured and learnable.

Learning to read written text fundamentally alters the pathways the human brain uses to process spoken words. According to a recent study, adults with formal literacy training recruit a specialized ...

Chinese researchers for the first time systematically identified in marmoset brains a fiber bundle highly homologous to the ...

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Geneticists have narrowed down the root of human language evolution after splicing our genes into mice to enhance their learning abilities. In the first study to investigate the cognitive effects of ...

In 2025 we will see AI and machine learning leveraged to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a question that has puzzled humans as long as we have existed: “What are ...

A humpback whale off New Caledonia can hold a song for 30 minutes or longer, cycling through phrases that shift and evolve ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. Mar 01, 2025, 09:37am EST Students, teachers and technologies ...

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Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago. It is a deep ...