Blog 9

     This article I found caught my eye because it talks about using the game "I Spy"  along with audio input of spoken words, and the result the scientist at Indiana University are finding is that children are able to identify pictures quicker that they are able to identify words.   The reasoning the scientist say is that a different function of the brain is being brought into play.
    
     This research provides data for the investigation of children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and delayed speech.



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417090838.htm

Blog 8

     I found this article about a new language discovery,  the difference here according to the article is although there are new languages that are found from time to time, this language light-Walpiri has been studied since about 2002 by a linguist from the University of Michigan.

     I found it interesting that the language was developer by the children of a village of aborigines located in a remote part of northern Australia. 

   This language was classified as new because it is actually a mixture of Walpiri,Kriol(mixed indigenous language) and English, but was void of certain characteristics that qualify it as a new language.

     This article and video is from July 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/science/linguist-finds-a-language-in-its-infancy.html?_r=0