Category: Ciencia
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Across roughly 1,000 languages, those that pack more information into each word tend to move meaning faster but cover less ground in conversation — suggesting the structure of a language changes the shape of what its speakers discuss
scienceblog.comAcross roughly 1,000 languages, those that pack more information into each word tend to move meaning faster but cover less ground in conversation — suggesting the structure of a language changes the shape of what its speakers discussA 998-language analysis linked denser word-level encoding with faster matched speech and narrower semantic paths in a 14-language conversation subset, without establishing causation. -
Candela Antón, antropóloga: “Hay una explicación para las personas que aprenden nuevos idiomas como si nada mientras otros se dan cabezazos”
www.lecturas.comCandela Antón, antropóloga: “Hay una explicación para las personas que aprenden nuevos idiomas como si nada mientras otros se dan cabezazos”¿Te cuesta aprender idiomas? ¿O eres de esas personas que aprenden casi sin darse cuenta? Hay un factor genético que podría explicar las diferencias entre un perfil y otro, y la antropóloga Candela Antón nos explica qué peso tiene a la hora de aprender un nuevo idioma y cómo salir adelante si la genética no nos ayuda -
Language skills stay strong in older adults, even while other cognitive abilities decline
news.mit.eduLanguage skills stay strong in older adults, even while other cognitive abilities declineIn older adults, activity of the brain’s language processing network is nearly identical to that seen in the brains of younger adults during language tasks, according to a new brain imaging study from MIT. -
Kids outlearn AI—and we still don’t know why
www.winzheng.comKids outlearn AI—and we still don’t know whyPeople have been talking to each other for at least 100,000 years, as best we can tell. And in all that time, there has been only one thing in the world that could learn a human language to perfect fluency: a human child. Now there are two. Four short years after the release of ChatGPT,… -
Overreaching causal language in the social sciences
marginalrevolution.comOverreaching causal language in the social sciences – Marginal REVOLUTIONAcross the social sciences, many studies use cross-sectional designs that reveal associations but are generally unable to support direct causal claims, yet authors of such articles may make or imply causal claims anyway. Here, to examine the prevalence of such ‘overreaching’ causal language, we analysed 194,631 cross-sectional articles using large language models. Over the period […] -
Multilingual people may have brains up to 13 years younger
www.sciencedaily.comMultilingual people may have brains up to 13 years youngerPeople who speak several languages may have brains that age more slowly, with four-language speakers showing brains that appeared about 13 years younger than those of monolinguals. Starting earlier and becoming highly fluent were also linked to a stronger effect.
