Recently in the headlines

A study about dogs has been getting a lot of press:

• The things you learn when you give a dog an MRI
• Human and dog brains both have dedicated 'voice areas'
• Dogs' brain scans reveal vocal responses
• Dog brains respond to calls just like hunan brains

And in other news...

• Infants using known verbs to learn new nouns
• Talk is cheep: do caged birds sing a key to language?
• Early autism detection: speech disrupts facial attention in 6-month-old infants who later develop autism
• Revealing how the brain recognizes speech sounds
• First brain map of speech units could aid mind-reading
• What separates us from other animals?
• The unexpected power of baby math: adults still think about numbers like kids
• Chimps can use gestures to communicate in hunt for food