Babies show empathy for a bullied victim at only six months of age, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Hebrew University […]
How the brain distinguishes between voice and sound
Is the brain capable of distinguishing a voice from the specific sounds it utters? In an attempt to answer this question, researchers from the University […]
Music develops the spoken language of the hearing-impaired
Finnish researchers have compiled guidelines for international use for utilising music to support the development of spoken language. The guidelines are suitable for the parents […]
Facebook posts better at predicting diabetes, mental health than demographic info
Language in Facebook posts may help identify conditions such as diabetes, anxiety, depression and psychosis in patients, according to a study from Penn Medicine and […]
Coherent? Voice disorders significantly affect listeners, too: Study examines effect of voice disorders and listener strategies on speech intelligibility
Researchers conducted a study to see if there are differences in speech intelligibility (a listener’s ability to recover a speaker’s message) in healthy voices compared […]
How words get an emotional meaning
Many objects and people in everyday life have an emotional meaning. A pair of wool socks, for example, has an emotional value if it was […]
Link between job titles and gender equality
Der Buchhalter, der Musiker, der Student. Three relatively unassuming, everyday German words, but there might be more to them than meets the eye. In today’s […]