A new study found that increased use of acetaminophen during pregnancy, especially in the third trimester, is associated with language delays in children. The study…
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University of Florida research shows that chronic ear infections in early childhood can lead to significant language and auditory processing issues later in life, stressing…
Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered that people can understand chickens’ emotional states from their clucking sounds. This ability, unaffected by prior experience…
A recent study indicates that bilinguals may excel at controlling attention and disregarding irrelevant information compared to monolinguals, potentially due to their regular language switching.…
New research explores how language ideologies and inter-community interactions impact language shifts in multilingual societies. Utilizing a quantitative approach and mathematical modeling, the research reveals…
A survey led by the University of Queensland reveals significant language barriers for non-native English-speaking scientists, leading to increased time for activities and higher paper…
While AI chatbots demonstrate advanced language understanding, they can misinterpret nonsense sentences, leading researchers to question their role in vital decision-making and explore the differences…
The study found that Americans use the word “right” to signify their existing knowledge or awareness about a specific subject, while British English speakers use…
A page from an 18th-century copy of the Dhātupāṭha of Pāṇini (MS Add.2351) held by Cambridge University Library. Credit: Cambridge University Library Ancient Grammatical Puzzle…
The authors discovered that using analytical language as opposed to present-focused language was related to better weight loss and a reduced risk of quitting in…
An MITMIT is an acronym for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a prestigious private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was founded in…
Pig Grunts Reveal Their Emotions We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births…
Neuroscientists find the internal workings of next-word prediction models resemble those of language-processing centers in the brain. In the past few years, artificial intelligence models…
Baby seals can change their tone of voice. Credit: John O’ Connor Hoover the seal was initially kept in a family home and could imitate…
Dogs extract words from continuous speech using similar computations and brain regions as humans do, a new study combining EEG and fMRI by researchers from…
Representative image of a branching tree. The diversity of human languages can be likened to branches on a tree. If you’re reading this in English,…
This graphic illustrates the vowel space area from a single talker. Each peak corresponds to different vowel nuclei, and as speech increases in clarity, on…
Mother-pup pair of the neotropical bat species Saccopteryx bilineata in the day-roost. The Pup is attached to the mothers´ belly. Credit: Michael Stifter More than…
Math and language processed by separate networks even if heard together. Separate math and language networks segregate naturally when listeners pay attention to one type…
The Ifesowapo dùndún ensemble performing in Igbo Ora, southwest Nigeria. Credit: Dr. Cecilia Durojaye Analysis demonstrates the value of studying non-western cultures to bring important…