A new framework argues that human language did not arise from a single evolutionary leap but from the convergence of many biological abilities and cultural processes.

Two students from the University of Wyoming’s Division of Communication Disorders have been selected to present research posters at this year’s American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) ...

The two neurodegenerative diseases could not appear more different. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes called Lou ...

The same goes for writing about a disability, which is a mental or physical condition that significantly affects the ability ...

A new study published in the journal JMIR Mental Health by JMIR Publications highlights a critical risk in the growing use of ...

The impacts of language on depression and anxiety symptoms in Japanese English bilingual people are explored in a new study ...

Speaking more than one language can slow down the brain's aging and lower risks linked to accelerated aging.

A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made a change to its website that is being celebrated by vaccine skeptics.

Public health experts, doctors and scientists have decried the update as the kind of misinformation the CDC has fought for ...

Today, a new paper published in Nature adds another chapter to the story of FOXP2, a gene with important roles in speech and language. The FOXP2 story is a fascinating tale that I covered in New ...

Rumer Willis has shared a new update on her father Bruce Willis’ battle with frontotemporal dementia, revealing how the ...