Hippocampus helps fill in the blanks of language
Monday, September 19, 2016 - 15:03
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study shows that when you finish your spouse’s sentences or answer a fill-in-the-blank question, you’re engaging the brain’s relay station for memories, an area that until now was largely neglected by scientists studying language. It seems obvious that speaking and understanding language draw upon our memories – of words, context, people, etc. – […]