Language/Linguistics/Speech

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, 10.1021/acsnano.9b03218 Most people take speech for granted, but it's actually a complex process that involves both motions of the mouth and vibrations of folded tissues, called vocal cords,…
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Authors of provocative paper about social engagement reply to commentariesCredit: Nick Gonzales A new paper that challenges widely held ideas about autism has attracted comments from more than 30 scholars across the disciplines of…
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In a first of its kind study, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute evaluated the language use of black mothers in comparison with white mothers with the same…
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From July 22 - 25, 2019, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will welcome VOICE Summit 2019 -- "the world's largest voice tech conference." VOICE will be held for the second consecutive year at NJIT, drawing a roster of…
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UTSA researcher says people are redefining who they are through technology As the nation continues to get more diverse, it's common for immigrant populations in the United States to identify with two or more cultures at the same time.…
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Researcher examines language outcomes of children born preterm and full-term using different testsCredit: Caitlin M. Imgrund, Ph.D. About 1 in 10 babies in the United States is born premature. These children are at an increased risk for…
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MU researcher examines relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and problem behaviors in autism spectrum disorder For years, researchers have documented both gastrointestinal issues and problematic behaviors, such as aggression, in…
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Credit: Baylor College of Medicine You see an object, you think of its name and then you say it. This apparently simple activity engages a set of brain regions that must interact with each other to produce the behavior quickly and…
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Text-mining analysis of Amazon customer reviews suggests foods are over-sweetenedCredit: Monell Center/Conrad Erb PHILADELPHIA (June 24, 2019) - New research from the Monell Center analyzed nearly 400,000 food reviews posted by…
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Results of study involving primates suggest that speech and music may have shaped the human brain's hearing circuitsCredit: Courtesy of Conway lab, NIH In the eternal search for understanding what makes us human, scientists found that…
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UNLV researcher develops new method for categorizing climate change beliefs and shares tactics for communicating with deniersCredit: Aaron Mayes/UNLV Creative Services Warming oceans. Shrinking ice sheets. Intense rainfall events. Rising…
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Method shown to reliably differentiate between normal and distressed cries Every parent knows the frustration of responding to a baby's cries, wondering if it is hungry, wet, tired, in need of a hug, or perhaps even in pain. A group of…
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The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research awarded a $598,000 grant to Nancy Chiaravalloti, Ph.D., of Kessler Foundation; the grant is one of three awarded by the Commission to Foundation scientists this year for spinal cord injury…
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RMU Initiative Funding for Research to fund educational researchers, computer scientists, linguists, and neuroscientists at the Rhine-Main Universities The Internet has become a unique platform for learning. Its 24/7 availability and broad…
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