Language & Linguistics

Language & Linguistics RSS Feed | All Feeds

Scientific American Mind
Belief in the Brain

Religious belief may seem to be a unique psychological experience, but a growing body of research shows that thinking about religion is no different from thinking about secular things—at least from the standpoint of the brain.
Scientific American Mind
Accents Trump Skin Color
Kids prefer friends whose speech sounds similar to their own, regardless of race
Scientific American Mind
MIND Reviews: Temple Grandin
Scientific American Mind
The Brain and the Written Word
A cognitive neuroscientist explains his quest to understand how reading works in the mind—and how the brain is changed by education and culture
Scientific American Mind
Be Sad and Succeed
People in a bad mood have better judgment and pay more attention to details

Latest Stories
Most Popular

Accentuating the Negative

MIND Reviews: The Perfect Swarm

Busting Big Myths in Popular Psychology

Why We Return to Bad Habits

Multimedia Memory Boost

Calendar: MIND events in March and April

Numbers Wars: School Battles Heat Up Again in the Traditional versus Reform-Math Debate

A Sensory Fix for Problems in School

Start Science Sooner

Stimulating Science: Following the Recovery Money

Limits of Perception

Be Sad and Succeed

Start Science Sooner

Numbers Wars: School Battles Heat Up Again in the Traditional versus Reform-Math Debate

Accents Trump Skin Color

The Advantages of Being Helpless

The Power to Persuade

Belief in the Brain

The Brain and the Written Word

MIND Reviews: Temple Grandin

The Ethical Dog

Limits of Perception

Scientific American Magazine

March 2010 Issue

Breaking the Climate Debate Logjam

Climate Change: A Controlled Experiment

Readers Respond on "A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030"

End-of-Days Danger

Invasion of the Drones: Unmanned Aircraft Take Off in Polar Exploration

Full Table of Contents | All Issues



Email:
Name:
Address:
Address 2:
City:
State:

Language & Linguistics Podcast

Listening While Driving Is, What'd Ya Say?
click to enable
Do All Animals Sound the Same?
click to enable
Subscribe: RSS · iTunes · All Podcasts

Discussions in Language & Linguistics

Most Commented
Belief in the Brain | 38 comments
Most Recent Comment
at 11:38 PM by rayw on
Belief in the Brain

ALL SLIDESHOWS Language & Linguistics Slideshows

Language & Linguistics News from Our Partners

Nature Language: Disputed definitions

Language & Linguistics Archive

Subscription Center

Evolution Newsletter

Get weekly coverage delivered to your inbox

Science Jobs of the Week

Director, Research & Development
Kemin Nutrisurance
Des Moines, Iowa 50317
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Cancer Research UK
Cambridge, CB2
> More science jobs from

Editor's Pick

Does the U.S. Produce Too Many Scientists?American science education lags behind that of many other nations, right? So why does it produce so many talented young researchers who cannot find a job in their chosen field of study?