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·April 24, 2021·9 min read

Talking Dogs, Really?

Over the years, many people have reported their pets can communicate with them. There are numerous videos online "demonstrating" animal communication. Researchers investigate whether our pets really can understand what we are saying and communicate back with us.

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·April 13, 2021·4 min read

Making Music From Spider Webs

Researchers report they have successfully translated the structure of a spider's web into music. The new study could provide new avenues for the development of 3D printing technologies and novel musical compositions. The findings also shed light on cross-species communication.

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·March 30, 2021·5 min read

Screams of ‘Joy’ Sound Like ‘Fear’ When Heard Out of Context

When people hear screams of excited happiness, they tend to confuse the emotion with fear. Researchers say the bias toward categorizing excited and joyfully screams as fear has evolutionary roots.

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·March 27, 2021·3 min read

How to Talk With Kids About Scary Events

Researchers address the best way to approach a child when relaying negative or scary information.

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·March 2, 2021·4 min read

Only 2% of Conversations End When We Want Them To

Whether a conversation seems to last forever or is cut prematurely short, researchers say it is incredibly common to experience conversational disappointment.

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·February 18, 2021·5 min read

Real-Time Dialogue With a Dreaming Person Is Possible

During REM sleep, people are able to interact with researchers and engage in real-time communication. The study reports while dreaming, people can follow instructions, perform simple math, answer yes and no questions, and tell the difference between different sensory stimuli.

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·February 16, 2021·4 min read

Answer Quickly to Be Believed

The longer a person hesitates before answering a question, the less sincere their response seems to others.

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·May 13, 2020·3 min read

Body language can also be heard

The human voice contains information about dynamic bodily states. The findings shed light on the evolution of both spoken language and non-verbal communication.

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·March 21, 2020·3 min read

How the brain controls the voice

Oscillations in the fronto-striatal network predict whether a bat is about to use echolocation or vocalized communication.

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·March 10, 2020·4 min read

Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation in humans

Robots that express vulnerability influences conversational dynamics between humans.

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·February 27, 2020·3 min read

Using a cappella to explain speech and music specialization

Using Cappella recordings, researchers discover humans have developed complementary neural systems in each hemisphere for auditory stimuli.

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·February 12, 2020·3 min read

DIY tools TalkBox and SenseBox help people with disabilities to communicate

Scientists have developed DIY assistive technology prototypes that can help those with disabilities to communicate and interact with the world around them.