Fundamental advances in neuroscience have come from investigations into neuroplasticity
and learning. These investigations often focus on identifying universal principles across …

As research into the neurobiology of language has focused primarily on the systems level,
fewer studies have examined the link between molecular genetics and normal variations in …

Human language learning differs significantly across individuals in the process and ultimate
attainment. Although decades of research exploring the neural substrates of language …

Genetic variants related to dopamine functioning (eg, the ANKK1/TaqIa polymorphism within
the DRD2 gene and the Val158Met polymorphism within the COMT gene) have previously …

In recent years there has been considerable debate about the presence or absence of a
bilingual advantage in tasks that involve cognitive control. Our previous work has …

Theories addressing the biological basis of language must be built on an appreciation of the
ways that molecular and neurobiological substrates can contribute to aspects of human …

A common practice in the cognitive neurosciences is to investigate population-typical
phenomena, treating individuals as equal except for a few outliers that are usually discarded …

Few areas in the cognitive sciences evoke more controversy than language evolution, due
in part to the difficulty in gathering relevant empirical data. The study of developmental …

Language evolution has long been researched. I will review a number of broad, emerging
research directions which arguably have the potential to contribute to our understanding of …

The past decade has brought important new advances in the fields of genetics, behavioral
genetics, linguistics, language acquisition, studies of language impairment, and brain …