Dr. Bonnie Robb and Ellyn Arwood

Language Grows Brains

Education EN ↓ 4 episodes

Everyone has a brain but not everyone understands their own. This podcast explores the nature and processing of the brain. Have a listen and Learn something new! Music: Pete SansoneArt: Rey Sangines-AlvaradoHosts: Dr. Bonnie Robb, Dr. Ellyn Arwood

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Dr. Bonnie Robb and Ellyn Arwood

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Language Represents Our Thinking 02.07.2026 26:08

Our thinking changes as we learn new concepts and refine old concepts. Language represents our thinking so as we use our language we add meaning to our thinking. Concepts grow with language and so does our brain storing the newly acquired concepts and the refined concepts of the past!

Language is More Than Words 19.06.2026 27:40

Language represents our mental images. Mental images form by the brain function that is unique neurobiological and socio-cognitively. As language increases in its function so does the complexity of society.

What is Language? 04.06.2026 26:33

Drs Arwood and Robb discuss how language is often viewed by academics as well as by educators and the community. One predominant group supports a structural definition of language that is developmental in nature. But Arwood and Robb argue that this developmental or structural approach to defining language does not explain the acquisition processes of language which are semantic, not structural in...

Welcome! 21.05.2026 18:40

This is the first episode! So excited to share our thoughts and our brains with you. This episode is mostly an intro yo us and who we are, have a listen!