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The Siberian Origin of Na-Dene Languages
Following up on recent discussion of the peopling of the Americas, The University of Alaska at Fairbanks is hosting a conference about the possible link between Siberian (Yeniseic) and Na-Dene language...
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AI as a Research Tool
The question answering (QA) research group at Carnegie Mellon University has recently released an open source version of their Ephyra Question and Answer System. The software utilizes the internet to...
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Improvisation in Music is Independent of Central Brain Functions
Charles Limb and Allen Braun at Johns Hopkins have recently published a study on the internal characteristics and functions of improvisation in music. The study, “Neural Substrates of Spontaneous...
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Voice for the Voiceless
Michael Callahan of Ambient Corp. in Champaign, Ill. and the University of Illinois has recently introduced The Audeo, a thought-to-speech interfacing device which acquires and converts neurological...
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More on Vajda’s Siberian-Na-Dene Language Link
National Geographic News has just published an article about the recent symposium in Alaska regarding a possible connection between Yeniseic languages in Siberia and Na-Dene languages in the Americas....
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Learning Style Preferences Prove Irrelevant In L2 Vocabulary Acquisition
Daniel Tight at the University of Minnesota has announced the completion of his dissertation, “The Role of Perceptual Learning Style Preferences and Instructional Method in the Acquisition of L2...
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Pragmatic Systems Evident in Some Autism Patients
Robert Stainton at the University of Western Ontario and Jessica de Villiers of The University of British Columbia have recently conducted a study which aims to measure and define pragmatic...
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