Professor Stephens believes that swearing activates a different part of the brain than normal language.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

But while Harris is in hospital, she is also helping scientists understand how the brain comprehends and uses language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

It attacks the brain's nerve cells, robs memory and impairs thinking and language skills.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

(Talking) One of the study's author, Eric Halgren of the University of California,San Diego, School of Medicine, says this part of the brain is central to language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Using the process called Intra-cranial Electrophysiology, clinical tests in Boston and New York found that one small part of the brain, known as Broca's area, computes three different language functions, all within a quarter of a second.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

"I still get seizures. So now,when they remove the part that the seizure is triggered from, (it's supposed to stop.") While Harris is in hospital, she is helping scientists understand how the brain comprehends and uses language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28