MIT’s Personal Robots Group has been piloting what they envision as "the preschool of the future" — a marriage between digital devices and a friendly classroom robot that could help tutor preschoolers ...

It’s pretty impressive, these kids range from ages one to six. English is their first language but they’re on the track to speaking Spanish fluently. “All of the research shows that the best way to ...

Two women in Aurora are helping students build up their brains by running a bilingual preschool.At Cherry Grove Preschool and Childcare, they focus on two languages in all their activities throughout ...

This chapter provides a broad overview of the findings from research on bilingualism and second-language learning, including types of bilingualism, linguistic aspects of second-language acquisition, ...

Think you haven't got the aptitude to learn a foreign language? In a new study, neuroscientists predict which study participants would be more successful second language learners simply by measuring a ...

Some people seem to pick up a second language with relative ease, while others have a much more difficult time. Now, a new study suggests that learning to understand and read a second language may be ...

Dyslexia is the most common learning disability and has been the object of much research published in books, chapters, and articles. Psychology Today has also reported on this work through its ...

This study was funded through grant 016.104.602 from the Dutch National Science Council NWO. Monika Schmid has received funding from NWO, KNAW and Economic and Social Research Council. If you want to ...

Warren Midgley does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defines dyslexia as a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read (see here). The ...