The human brain works in rhythms and cycles. These patterns occur at predictable frequencies that depend on what a person is doing and on what part of the brain is active during the behavior.

Disney Animation Studios is reimagining hits in American Sign Language with help from Deaf actors. "Now we get to see ourselves inside these characters," one artist says.

Linguists have long known that sign languages are as grammatically and logically sophisticated as spoken languages—and also make greater use of “iconicity,” the property by which some words refer to ...

For spoken languages, there are many resources that contain information about how often words are used, which words rhyme and other information not found in a dictionary. But until recently, there was ...

Almost 200 visual arts students at Los Alamitos High School got an unexpected lesson in language recently, not from their English, Spanish or French teachers, but by completing a ceramics project ...

In a visual language, a subtle hand movement can help you get the joke. By Sam Corbin Nobody talks, if they can help it, at the Sign Language Center in New York City. The practice is both instructive ...

If we could teach American Sign Language to all students, including hearing students, from kindergarten to 12th grade, the benefits would be extraordinary. It would not only eradicate the biggest ...

How did your involvement in this year’s Super Bowl come together? It’s a funny story. I’m a big fan of the Arizona Cards and I always follow them early in the season. I realized they weren’t doing so ...

Sign language apps are learning tools that use images, videos, games, dictionaries, and interactive lessons to help people learn sign language on their smartphone or tablet. Share on Pinterest Sign ...

Languages around the world are changing rapidly to become more inclusive of LGBTQ+ identities. But for people who use American Sign Language, finding a visual and conceptual way to represent an inner ...