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Stroke press release: Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and strung into sentences.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…
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 and colleagues at the University…
From the University of Connecticut press release: Gesturing with the hands while speaking is a common human behavior, but no one knows why we do it. Now, a group of UConn researchers reports in the…
From the Frontiers press release: Children have an insatiable appetite to understand why things are the way they are, leading to their apt description as “little scientists.” While researchers have been aware of children’s interest…
From the Penn State press release: In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different effects based on how you phrase them, according…
From the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona press release: Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at babies tends to have a…