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Members of the deaf community in Halifax said they are encouraged by new research from a Dalhousie University professor that proves that the brain processes sign language like any other spoken language.

Dr. Aaron Newman, a professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, recently co-authored a paper, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that concludes American Sign Language (ASL) is a specialized human language.

The study looked at brain scans of 19 congenitally deaf ASL users and 19 hearing, English-speaking individuals while they viewed sign language and gestures. It was done in conjunction with researchers at Georgetown University, the University of Geneva and the University of Rochester.

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