Not a ‘math person’? You may be better at learning to code than you think
Credit: Justin Abernethy/U. of Washington Want to learn to code? Put down the math book. Practice those communication skills instead. ...
Tag: Language/Linguistics/Speech
Why Edgar Allan Poe probably did not kill himself
Credit: Lancaster University A computational analysis of language used by the writer Edgar Allan Poe has revealed that his mysterious ...
Language disorders as indicators of the diagnosis and progression of Huntington’s disease
A study shows that the first symptoms of the disease are revealed through linguistic changes in spontaneous speechCredit: UPF Huntington's ...
Spanish modified Story Memory Technique efficacious for Mexicans with multiple sclerosis
A team of researchers piloted a Spanish version of an evidence-based English-language cognitive intervention developed at Kessler Foundation, signaling an ...
Human language most likely evolved gradually
Hypotheses for the origin of human languageCredit: Cedric Boeckx (University of Barcelona- ICREA-UBICS) One of the most controversial hypotheses for ...
Annual Reviews launches its 51st journal: Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
This important new interdisciplinary resource covering significant advances in the developmental sciences is available online nowCredit: Annual Reviews Annual Reviews, ...
Data from behind enemy lines: How Russia may have used twitter to seize Crimea
New research shows real-time social media data may have been a source of military intelligence for the Kremlin and potentially ...
How zebra finches learn to sing
Credit: Richard Hahnloser, ETH/UZH The ability to learn new motor skills is critical to almost all aspects of our lives. ...
CLICS: World’s largest database of cross-linguistic lexical associations
Newest version of database sets new standards for reproducible research, providing a reliable approach to the quantitative study of linguisticsCredit: ...
Carnegie Mellon leverages AI to give voice to the voiceless
Hate speech countered by detecting, highlighting 'help speech'Credit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Complete the following sentence: Rohingya refugees should go to¬¬¬ ...
Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab
It's not your imagination -- you and your baby really are on the same wavelengthCredit: Elise Piazza, Princeton Baby Lab ...
False negatives: Delayed Zika effects in babies who appeared normal at birth
Credit: Children's National Hospital Colombian infants exposed to Zika virus in the womb showed neurodevelopmental delays as toddlers, despite having ...
Hearing through lip-reading
How the brain can create sound information via lip-readingCredit: Bourguignon et al., JNeurosci 2019 Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, ...
Online hate speech could be contained like a computer virus, say Cambridge researchers
Credit: Stefanie Ullman The spread of hate speech via social media could be tackled using the same "quarantine" approach deployed ...
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