Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science
S3 #47 Does sign language change your brain? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Karen Emmorey.
April 9, 20261h 3m · 9,291 words
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Literature: Emmorey, K. (2023). Ten things you should know about sign languages. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(5), 387-394. The lab of Dr. Karen Emmorey: Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod
Highlighted moments
So, if I have the sign sit where I have one hand making a single movement down, if I make it two movements, it becomes chair. So, you have one movement indicates the verb, two short movements indicates the noun.
“So, what you can see is maybe a substitution of one handshape for another. You sort of anticipate a hand shape. And so, you produce it incorrectly in the sign too early.”
“We've recently shown that deaf readers have a larger left word span. And other work has also shown that they have a wider right word span. So, they get more information.”
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