A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate
Researchers have designed a skin-like device that can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to ...
Tag: Language/Linguistics/Speech
Word graph analysis confirms that dream report structure varies according to sleep stage
Study by Brazilian and South African researchers is the first to prove, using a graph analysis tool, that REM dream ...
Cognitive elements of language have existed for 40 million years
Credit: National Center for Chimpanzee Care in Bastrop, Texas Humans are not the only beings that can identify rules in ...
Monkey study suggests that they, like humans, may have ‘self-domesticated’
Credit: Rebecca Terrett and Lauren Kelly, Ghazanfar Lab, Princeton University It's not a coincidence that dogs are cuter than wolves, ...
Deep neural networks show promise for predicting future self-harm based on clinical notes
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina use deep learning models to identify patients at risk of intentional self-harm ...
Novel software assesses phonologial awareness
Credit: Royalty-free via Pxhere Understanding sounds in language is a critical building block for child literacy, yet this skill is ...
Avoiding ableist language in autism research
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY --Ableist language is often used by autism researchers, which assumes that ...
How speech propels pathogens
Credit: M. Abkarian and H.A. Stone Speech and singing spread saliva droplets, a phenomenon that has attracted much attention in ...
Clarigent Health launches Clairity to support mental health risk reduction
Clairity supports clinical decisions and care with AI analysis of patient speech, treatment progress trends, and risk radar across patient ...
Artificial intelligence in art: a simple tool or creative genius?
A study shows how language humanizes AICredit: Obvious (collective), Public Domain Intelligent algorithms are used to create paintings, write poems, ...
New research shows how fast our brains are at ‘recording’ new words
Credit: Alexandra M. Razorenova, et al/ Frontiers of Neuroscience How much time does a brain need to learn a new ...
Women hold prominent roles, publish more in ‘open science’ vs. ‘reproducibility’ model
Analyses reveal that two common practices to improve science - 'open science' and 'reproducibility / replicability' - operate independently and ...
Emotion vocabulary reflects state of well-being, study suggests
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10, 2020 - Vocabulary that one uses to describe their emotions is an indicator ...
Children use both brain hemispheres to understand language, unlike adults
Credit: Elissa Newport WASHINGTON -- Infants and young children have brains with a superpower, of sorts, say Georgetown University Medical ...