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·December 17, 2018·3 min read

Passive Exposure Alone Can Enhance the Learning of Foreign Speech Sounds

A new study reveals passive exposure to foreign speech sounds over the course of several consecutive days helps enhance discrimination abilities and language learning.

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·November 29, 2018·5 min read

How Sounds Going Through Our Ears Become the Words Going Through Our Brains

A new study reveals how the brain processes sound and how quickly neurons transition from processing the sound of speech to the language based words.

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·November 16, 2018·5 min read

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Abuse Victims Disclose Traumatic Testimony?

A new deep learning algorithm may help children affected by abuse to disclose information about their experiences.

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·November 8, 2018·2 min read

Preschool Children Show Awake Response to Naptime Nonsense Words

A new EEG study reveals that, during sleep, the brain still processes and stores auditory information.

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·September 18, 2018·4 min read

Our Brain Predicts Words Before They Are Pronounced

Researchers report the brain is not only able to anticipate the conclusion of sentences, it can also anticipate an auditory stimulus and determine the phonemes or specific words a speaker is going to pronounce.

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·September 11, 2018·8 min read

The Universality of Shame

Researchers hypothesize shame may have been built into human nature by evolution because it served an important function for our foraging ancestors. The study reports an implicit mental map of how negatively others will perceive a person sets the level of shame they feel for their potential action.

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·September 8, 2018·4 min read

Brainwaves Synchronize to the Speed of Talking, Influencing the Way We Hear Words

According to researchers, the speed at which a person speaks influences the way we hear and understand upcoming words. A new study reports our brain waves synchronize to speech rate, influencing how we hear and perceive words.

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·July 23, 2018·4 min read

A Possible Origin of Human Speech

Researchers have identified a neural network in the brains of monkeys that may represent a common evolutionary origin for social communication and human speech.

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·June 20, 2018·4 min read

Study of 800 Millions Tweets Finds Distinct Daily Cycles in Our Thinking Patterns

Using AI to examine over 800 million tweets, researchers reveal how our mode of thinking alters during the course of the day. The study reports early morning tweets tend to be correlated with more logical thinking patterns, while middle of the night tweets tend to exhibit more existential concerns.