From the Royal Holloway, University of London press release via EurekAlert!: A study, led by Royal Holloway University researcher Carolyn McGettigan, has identified the brain regions and interactions involved in impersonations and accents. Using an…
From the Newcastle University press release via MedicalXpress: The sound of small children chattering has always been considered cute – but not particularly sophisticated. However, research by a Newcastle University expert has shown their speech…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Some people seem to pick up a second language with relative ease, while others have a much more difficult time. Now, a new study suggests…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Survey results may be biased in multilingual research if consumers are unfamiliar with translated terms, according to a new study in the Journal of…
From the Public Library of Science press release via ScienceDaily: Deep male voices and high-pitched female voices are perceived as more attractive because listeners gauge the speaker’s body size from the frequency of their voice,…
From the University of Waterloo press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook with only pictures compared to…
From the University of Nottingham press release via AlphaGalileo: Playing simple games using words and pictures can help people to learn a new language with greater ease, researchers from The University of Nottingham have shown.…
From the IOS Press BV press release via AlphaGalileo: In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release via ScienceDaily: A new study from the University of Pennsylvania has shown that children as young as 2 understand basic grammar rules when they first learn to speak…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release via EurekAlert!: Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to Canadian researchers. Tonal languages, found mainly in Asia,…