Brain and language learning

Language and the brain, looking at the brain and how it affects learning a langugae but science and neuro science of the brain

How trauma affects memory I recall reading a while back that there was a study where subjects were shown a series of Photos. Most were neutral or pleasant; however, inter mixed, pictures of traumatic scene, things that are universally horrible, accidents and such. After the subjects viewing the photos were given a memory recall test [...]

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Rosemary for memory I grew up in the New England countryside, which was settled in the 1600s. If you are a colonial history buff you know that the colonial departed were buried with rosemary.  Rosemary was used not as a preservative, which it is because of the antioxidants in rosemary, but rather for remembrance.  Even [...]

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Hormones connected to emotions make your memories stronger If you want to remember something connect it to a strong memory. If you want to learn a language, fall in love with someone speaking that language and your hippocampus will be bathed in hormones that will help you with this process. The exact mechanism is phosphate [...]

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Your brain plasticity will determine how fast your brain will grow I was walking though ‘Las Wolski” (a deep forest) on Sunday in Kraków. I was trying to learn some new words in Polish connected with nature. Words I had never even herd before. My girlfriend told me about five Polish words in a childhood [...]

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Phonetic ability connected to a child’s first language If you spoke Polish as a child your phonetic language ability is amazing, when it comes to pronouncing other languages because of the richness of the Polish language.  However, you might have trouble with ‘A’ or ‘O’ or even more the sound “th” because it is not [...]

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Your memory is interrelated to your attitude toward your memory Do not believe people who say intelligence is a gift, that it is all in the genes. That memory is something you have or you do not. That you can learn a language or not based on your effort but on if you have a [...]

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Electrical Engineers Develop Glove That Translates Sign Language This sign language to text, is a great breakthrough for the hearing impaired. It is a practical application for facilitating communication. The way it works is with sensors on each finger of the glove that generate signals which also take into account the relationship of the hands [...]

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Learning and circadian rhythm Some people learn better in the morning others in the evening.  I learn best right before I go to bed and right when I wake up.  However, its not just a question of learning in the morning or in the evening, its about the biology of your brain and how your [...]

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Brain cells at work Have you ever wondered how your brain so quickly stores information, such as an image or a word you learned? You see a picture and one moment latter you have it in your mind. What happens at a molecule level?  How specifically does this brain cell adapt to sensory inputs? With the [...]

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Hypnotism to learn a language What is hypnotism Hypnotism is a form of progressive relaxation, either directed or self induced that eases your conscious mind so you will more easily accept positive suggestions.  Hypnotism is not some trance in which someone has power over you.  It is more on par with an alpha state you [...]

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