“It is neither possible nor desirable to study any part of the psychobiological system in isolation from the rest of the system” —Silvan Tomkins, 1981 (in Demos, 1995, p. 50) Over the past many months ...

Explore how speech therapy assists those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in overcoming communication challenges. Learn ...

The study of linguistic cognition takes you into the heart of the mind. Cognitive linguists examine the language that we use to tell stories, describe feelings and sensory experiences, collaborate ...

Across cultures, people literally point to the future in different directions. Our hands reveal how language, writing, and ...

Metaphor is not merely a literary device but a fundamental cognitive mechanism that shapes how individuals conceptualise and communicate their experiences. In cognitive linguistics, research into ...

A new study provides the first evidence that infants' increasingly precise perceptual tuning to the sounds of their native language sets constraints on the range of human languages they will link to ...

Cognitive rehabilitation is an umbrella term for a group of targeted exercises and activities that aim to improve or stabilize cognitive impairments as well as any changes in a person’s everyday ...

In a re-evaluation of Hockett's foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like "arbitrariness," "duality of patterning," and "displacement"—an international team of ...

This track explores the relationship between language and mind. Students will learn about the meanings and functions of language, the ways in which language is produced and comprehended, how it is ...

Language and Cognition is an open access venue for the publication of high-quality empirical research focusing on the interface between language and cognition. It is open to research from the full ...