In 2022, the overturn of Roe v. Wade introduced me to the idea that reproductive care went beyond an individual’s choice. I ...

For decades, scientists have asked whether language simply reports conscious thought or helps shape it. New insights from ...

Co-authored with Sayuri Hayakawa, Ph.D. As Japan's Emperor Akihito stepped down from the Chrysanthemum Throne in the country's first abdication in 200 years, Naruhito officially became the new Emperor ...

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world,” observed philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein in 1922. We might ask, accordingly, how does language shape reality, arbitrating human experience of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a colorful brain scan shows axons (wires) in a network that winds through the brain A person's native language may shape how their ...

THE 7400 or so languages in use today speak to the fact that our species is primed to communicate. But while it is tempting to view language as merely a consequence of our extraordinary cognitive ...