From the Georgia State University press release: We all run from a burning building the same way–fast!–but how we describe it depends on the language we speak. In some languages, we might flee, race, or…
From the RUDN University press release: A team of linguists from RUDN University established that a person’s ability to accurately differentiate between vowel sounds of a foreign language correlates with the size of their vocabulary…
From the Ohio State University press release: Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage at birth for people to…
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: How can the partisan divide be bridged when conservatives and liberals consume the same political content, yet interpret it through their own biased lens? Researchers from…
From the University of Pittsburgh press release: Vocabulary that one uses to describe their emotions is an indicator of mental and physical health and overall well-being, according to an analysis led by a scientist at…
From the Penn State press release: People have always used different words to describe the inebriating effects of alcohol, from “blotto” in the 1920s to “honkers” in the 1950s. Now, new Penn State research suggests…
From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke press release: Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and strung into sentences. In a…
From the Cornell University press release: In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s common to feel stress levels rise every time we hear the word “virus.” But new Cornell-led research reveals that the sound…
From the Aalto University press release: Humans can effortlessly recognize and react to natural sounds and are especially tuned to speech. There have been several studies aimed to localize and understand the speech-specific parts of…
From the York University press release: There’s a common belief that musicians are born with a natural ability to play music, while most of us have to work twice as hard to hear the difference…