Harmonia Philosophica

Category: Speech

Communication, Human, Language, Speaking-Listening, Speech

2017/10/11

Dyslexia. Understanding speech.

Neuroscientists have discovered that a basic mechanism underlying sensory perception is deficient in individuals with dyslexia, according to new study. The brain typically adapts rapidly to sensory input, such as the sound of a person’s voice or images of faces and objects, as a way to make processing more efficient. But for individuals with dyslexia, […]
A priori knowledge, Mind, Philosophy General, Speech

2014/09/03

Speaking infants…

Ιnfants can tell the difference between sounds of all languages until about 8 months of age when their brains start to focus only on the sounds they hear around them. It’s been unclear how this transition occurs, but social interactions and caregivers’ use of exaggerated “parentese” style of speech seem to help. University of Washington […]