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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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Stroke press release: Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
From the PLOS press release: An investigation of Twitter messages reveals new insights and tools for studying how people use stretched words, such as “duuuuude,” “heyyyyy,” or “noooooooo.” Tyler Gray… Read more »
