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·April 2, 2018·4 min read

People Use Emotion to Persuade, Even When it Could Backfire

Researchers reveal people tend to be more persuaded towards appeals that are infused with emotion, regardless of whether they are negative or positive.

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·December 20, 2017·2 min read

Songbirds May Hold the Secret to How Babies Learn to Speak

Zebra finches may hold the key to understanding how babies learn to talk, researchers say.

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·December 2, 2017·5 min read

Why Do We See Similarities Across Languages? The Brain May Be Responsible

Researchers report we may see similarities between different languages as a result of the brain's preference for efficient information processing.

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·September 23, 2017·4 min read

Our Ability to Recognize Letters Could Be Hard Wired Into Our Brains

According to researchers, there may be a relationship between written shapes and the sounds they represent.

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·August 17, 2017·3 min read

What Does Music Mean? Sign Language May Offer an Answer

Researchers examine sign language iconicity to gain insight into how we are able to detect meaning from music.

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·August 8, 2017·5 min read

Sleep Makes it Possible for Babies to Associate Words With Content, and Not With Noise

A midday nap after a learning session helped infants associated correct or incorrect words to new objects they had been exposed to. The study sheds light on the role sleep plays in developing lexical memory.

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·July 12, 2017·4 min read

When Language Suddenly Fails

Researchers at Max Planck Institute investigate why certain language abilities are lost as a result of a traumatic brain injury, and how others can be regained.

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·June 28, 2017·5 min read

How ‘The Gruffalo’ Helped Academics Boost Youngsters’ Motor Skills and Language Ability

Using the children's book, "The Gruffalo", researchers devised a teaching approach that combined moment and storytelling activities. They report the children that participated in the combined activities showed greater improvement in both language and movement skills than those who were exposed to just one of the activities.

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·June 20, 2017·5 min read

The Story of Music is the Story of Humans

A new report reveals how the development of music is so closely tied to our own evolution.

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·June 12, 2017·4 min read

Bilingual Children Are Better at Recognizing Voices

According to researchers, bilingual children perform better at voice recognition and processing than monolingual children.

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·June 7, 2017·3 min read

Cultural Background Linked to How People Deceive Others

According to researchers, a person's cultural background influences their language changes when they enter into a deceptive statement.

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·May 26, 2017·5 min read

Monkey Say: Marmosets Learn to Call the Same Way Human Babies Learn to Babble

Just as a baby's babbles begin to sound more like recognizable human speech if they receive frequent vocal feedback from adults, the same kind of interaction speeds up speech acquisition in marmosets, a new study reveals.