/brain-language-music/articles/rss en /brain-language-music/article/sex-differences-and-alzheimers-risk <p>According to the Alzheimer’s Association, one in nine people aged 65 years and older has Alzheimer’s dementia. What factors predict whether someone is likely to get Alzheimer’s in older age? Researchers at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï, the Douglas Institute Research Centre, University of Toronto, Rotman Research Institute, Linköping University, and the Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music found that among people with a certain gene form and family history of Alzheimer’s, women may be more at risk than men with similar profiles.</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:27:12 +0000 Mehrgol Tiv 845 at /brain-language-music /brain-language-music/article/official-and-family-language-policy-quebec <p>How do parents raise their children with more than one language in Montréal, Québec? Through a series of interviews, researchers at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï, Concordia University, Fryske Akademy, and the Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music found that some household language practices and beliefs align with Québec’s language policies whereas others differ.</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:29:19 +0000 Mehrgol Tiv 846 at /brain-language-music /brain-language-music/article/how-do-students-learn-second-language-classroom <p>How do students learn a second language in the classroom? Researchers at l’Université du Québec à Montréal and the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music found that English second language students do not make many spontaneous, conscious connections from their first language, French, when completing a language task in English.</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:08:10 +0000 Mehrgol Tiv 843 at /brain-language-music /brain-language-music/article/learning-read-autism-spectrum-disorder-and-hyperlexia <p>For many, learning to read opens an endless world of possibilities. But how do children pick up this skill, particularly for those who have a developmental disorder? Researchers at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and the Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music found that some children with autism spectrum disorder who demonstrate exceptionally strong word readings skills early in life may be using a different process for reading than neurotypical children.</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:14:39 +0000 Mehrgol Tiv 844 at /brain-language-music /brain-language-music/article/music-and-language-training <p>The structure of a person’s brain is determined by their genes before they are born. However, as a person interacts with their environment throughout life, the brain can form new connections between critical regions to adapt to those experiences. Researchers at Concordia University, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï, the Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, and the International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research, found that long-term musical training and using two languages can lead to such rewiring in the brain.</p> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:38:48 +0000 Mehrgol Tiv 847 at /brain-language-music /brain-language-music/article/new-methods-auditory-neuroscience <p>Every scientist needs tools to make their discoveries. Better telescopes let us see more galaxies, mass spectrometers reveal the chemical makeup of substances, particle colliders let us observe matter in extreme situations, and gene-editing allows us to see what happens when an organism lacks a specific gene. What, then, are the methods that scientists use to study subjects like hearing, music, and speech? What new tools are being created or refined? We interviewed CRBLM members who have recently created or used new methods.</p> <p> </p> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:25:58 +0000 Anastasia Sares 863 at /brain-language-music