Studying language through infants’ brainwaves. How babies learn language is deeply fascinating. Many experimental methods can help us understand when and how they acquire new words. In earlier posts, we discussed using behavioral methods and observational methods. A third type of method that is used to study word learning directly investigates how children’s (or adult’s) […]
When we measure baby brainwaves, what do we measure and what does it mean? When scientists measure brainwaves, they find a lot of them happening at different times. Scientists call these waves components, but we will continue to call them waves in this post. Some of the waves show up […]
These two areas of the brain are well-known to be used to understand and produce language. Broca’s area is the part of the brain most commonly linked to language production. One way that people can learn about the function of Broca’s area is by studying people who have damage to this brain region. In fact, […]