New research is challenging long-held beliefs about how humans acquire and process language, suggesting our brains may rely less on strict grammar rules and more on familiar word patterns. Studies ...

Modality-agnostic decoders leverage modality-invariant representations in human subjects' brain activity to predict stimuli irrespective of their modality (image, text, mental imagery).

Learning a second language is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, with millions of people turning to digital tools and ...

There’s a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become fluent. Many people also assume that it will become much harder to learn a ...

The world is full of theories of everything. The smartphone theory of everything argues that our personal devices are responsible for the rise of political polarization, anxiety, depression, and ...

As part of my Simply Explained series, I’ve been covering a range of student-centered instructional approaches, from project-based learning to experiential and inquiry-based learning. Today, I cover ...

Abstract: With the advancement of deep learning, deep recommendation models have achieved remarkable improvements in recommendation accuracy. However, due to the large number of candidate items in ...

Your host in Osaka, Japan, slips on a pair of headphones and suddenly hears your words transformed into flawless Kansai Japanese. Even better, their reply in their native tongue comes through ...

Globally, including in Turkey, foreign language education—particularly English—begins in early childhood. However, this process varies significantly depending on learners' individual needs. Among ...

Figure 1. Comparison of attention maps and the proposed VL similarity map for visualizing VL alignment. (a) While traditional attention maps inevitably exhibit high values at certain points due to ...

Debates on the nature and causes of populism persist in the public and among academics. We test two contemporary theories of populism – issue-based and ideational – by exploring their implications for ...

Language learning apps like Duolingo are useful, but they have their limits. They're ideal for getting started with a new language, beefing up vocabulary, practicing skills, and even having fun ...