Signing a Swedish sound beats catching a ball: linguistic processing in sign language and working memory performance

We think of language as flowing effortlessly, and yet it may interfere with other activities such as driving a car. What happens when we sign -- rather than speak -- our language? Recent research illuminates the subtleties of linguistic processing in sign language.

Source: Psychonomic Society News - March 29, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news