http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:22:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/huge_ancient_language_dictionary_finished_after_90_years An ambitious project to identify, explain and provide citations for the words written in cuneiform on clay tablets and carved in stone by Babylonians, Assyrians and others in Mesopotamia between 2500 B.C. and A.D. 100 has been completed after 90 years CalTechNews Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:29:34 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/artificial_grammar_reveals_inborn_language_sense How human children acquire language remains largely a mystery. A groundbreaking study by cognitive scientists confirms that human beings are born with knowledge of certain syntactical rules CalTechNews Fri, 13 May 2011 21:18:49 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/bilinguals_see_the_world_differently Learning a foreign language literally changes the way we see the world, according to new research has found that bilingual speakers think differently to those who only use one language CalTechNews Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:11:56 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/religious_beliefs_seen_as_basis_of_origins_of_palaeolithic_art The idea that palaeolithic art is based in religious beliefs isn't new. But for years, anthropologists, archaeologists and historians of art understood these artistic manifestations as purely aesthetic and decorative motives CalTechNews Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:59:34 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/language_of_music_really_is_universal Native African people who have never even listened to the radio before can nonetheless pick up on happy, sad, and fearful emotions in Western music CalTechNews Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:50:34 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/storybooks_on_paper_better_for_children_than_reading_fiction_on_computer_screen Clicking and scrolling interrupt our attentional focus. Turning and touching the pages instead of clicking on the screen influence our ability for experience and attention. CalTechNews Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:32:43 +0100