Category: Communication

Study finds ‘Goldilocks’ level of enthusiasm for business pitches

From the Georgia Institute of Technology press release: When it comes to pitching business ideas to potential investors, an entrepreneur’s excitement and enthusiasm can be the difference between dreams taking… Read more »

Study looks at whether Airbnb users prefer profiles generated by AI or by people

From the Cornell University press release: In an online marketplace like Airbnb, host profiles can mean the difference between a booked room and a vacant one. Too peppy, too long,… Read more »

Study suggests gestures and visual animations reveal cognitive origins of linguistic meaning

From the New York University press release: Gestures and visual animations can help reveal the cognitive origins of meaning, indicating that our minds can assign a linguistic structure to new… Read more »

Study suggests sexual satisfaction among older people about more than just health

From the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine press release: Communication and being in a happy relationship, along with health, are important for sexual satisfaction among older people, according… Read more »

Study looks at how the auditory system achieves accurate speech recognition

From the University of Pittsburgh press release: For humans to achieve accurate speech recognition and communicate with one another, the auditory system must recognize distinct categories of sounds — such… Read more »

Study discovers brain region that only processes spoken, not written words

From the Northwestern University press release: Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names… Read more »

Study suggests incidence of gesturing is related to storytelling style, not nationality

From the University of Alberta press release: There are many stereotypes about gesturing across cultures — the idea that Italians are prone to hand-talking, for example. But new research by… Read more »

Study suggests people track when talkers say ‘uh’ to predict what comes next

From the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics press release: Spontaneous conversation is riddled with disfluencies such as pauses and ‘uhm’s: on average people produce 6 disfluencies every 100 words. But… Read more »