Language Archives - BrainHQ from Posit Science https://www.brainhq.com/blog/category/language-2/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Brain Hack: Use Targeted Brain Training to Improve your ESL Performance https://www.brainhq.com/blog/brain-hack-use-targeted-brain-training-to-improve-your-esl-performance/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:57:35 +0000 http://dev-brainhq-blog.pantheonsite.io/?p=6296 Are you learning English as a second language? Here’s a tip: you can boost your performance in English by supplementing your language training with auditory brain training. Learning English as a second language can be challenging, and even frustrating. It may feel like words fly by so quickly that following a conversation seems almost impossible. Fortunately,…

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]]> Meet the Man Who Can Learn a Foreign Language Perfectly in Just a Few Weeks https://www.brainhq.com/blog/meet-the-man-who-can-learn-a-foreign-language-perfectly-in-just-a-few-weeks/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:00:46 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com/?p=4435 A few days ago, I heard a terrific radio program featuring an interview with Daniel Tammet. Tammet is an autistic savant who is probably best-known for being able to recite pi to over 22,500 digits by memory. (Side note: it takes him more than 5 hours to perform this feat!) But what fascinated me most…

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]]> Personal Hero: Temple Grandin https://www.brainhq.com/blog/personal-hero-temple-grandin/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:13:34 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com//?p=838 People have been talking about Temple Grandin quite a bit lately, partly because HBO recently released an original movie about her life and achievements starring Claire Danes. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I highly recommend it. (If you don’t have HBO, you can make a note to check it out when it’s released…

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