Tag: language

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 »

Study suggests that strategic language use maximizes the chances of influencing an audience

From the City University London press release: For even the most stoic entrepreneur, facing a panel of potential investors can be like walking onto the set of ‘Dragon’s Den’. But… Read more »

Study suggests it is possible to acquire new vocabulary during deep sleep

From the University of Bern press release: Sleeping time is sometimes considered unproductive time. This raises the question whether the time spent asleep could be used more productively — e.g…. Read more »

Study suggests listeners get an idea of the personality of the speaker through his voice

From the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona press release: A paper published by Cristina Baus and Albert Costa, UPF researchers at the Center for Cognition and Brain (CBC), in collaboration… Read more »

Study suggests newborn babies have inbuilt ability to pick out words

From the University of Liverpool press release: Newborn babies are born with the innate skills needed to pick out words from language, a new study published inĀ Developmental ScienceĀ reveals. Before infants… Read more »