Ancient symbols, dating back 40,000 years, have been discovered in caves around the globe. These symbols could represent the earliest form of written language, providing a fresh perspective on the ...

Researchers uncover signs of a written Uto-Aztecan language in Teotihuacan’s murals, linking the ancient city’s people to the Aztecs. Discover what they found.

A study has found there is no difference in the time it takes people from different countries to read and process different languages. A study led by the University of Southampton has found there is ...

How do we know that certain combinations of letters have certain meanings? Reading and spelling are complex processes, involving several different areas of the brain, but researchers have now ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Picts, a fierce group of people who lived in Scotland during ancient and medieval times, may ...

F. Deniz et al., “The representation of semantic information across human cerebral cortex during listening versus reading is invariant to stimulus modality,” J Neurosci, 39:7722–36, 2019. Researchers ...

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Bangor University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The emoji has become one of the fastest growing forms of communication in history. But those who are worried that its growth ...