In fact, these notions of encoding and transmitting turn out to be important, as they relate to two key functions associated with language, the symbolic function and the interactive function ...

Language does this by fulfilling two key functions, functions that underpin linguistic communication. The first is that language enables us to express our wishes, feelings, likes, dislikes ...

When surgeons perform brain surgery on people with brain tumors or epilepsy, they need to remove the tumor or abnormal tissue while preserving parts of the brain that control language and movement.

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among ...

The frontal lobe plays a key role in ... s ability to use language, remember past events, and make decisions. Scientists are still learning about the frontal lobe and its functions.

The findings suggest that Foxp2 may help humans with a key component of learning language — transforming ... of that word with objects that look and function like glasses, says Ann Graybiel ...