My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else. Ayaka Ono, my current Japanese teacher, estimates ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.

The songbird is among the classical species studied as a model for understanding the neurobiology of language. It uses song and vocalization to communicate information for its survival. The songbird’s ...

For more than two years, Dulcie Shoener of Milwaukee has done daily German lessons on her smartphone. To some, that might sound like self-imposed homework, but Shoener, a language lover and the copy ...

Kateřina Chládková has received external funding from the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Science Foundation, and the Czech Ministry of Education. She consults for and co-develops the Mooveez ...

TikTok is full of American Sign Language tutorials. But virality doesn't always come with accuracy. The deaf community is urging people to only learn from creators who are deaf or hard of hearing.

In most adults, learning and thinking plateau and then begin to decline after age 30 or 40. People start to perform worse in tests of cognitive abilities such as processing speed, the rate at which ...