Language/Linguistics/Speech

Many parents express concerns about privacy and online safety in technology designed for their children. But we know much less about what children themselves find concerning in emerging technologies. Now University of Washington…

Human screams vary enormously in quality and motivation according to researchers at Emory University, who will present new research at the 177th Acoustical Society of America meeting in Louisville WASHINGTON, D.C. May 15, 2019 -- Humans…

New OSU and Purdue study to be presented at the 177th Acoustical Society of America meeting in Louisville shows young children learn new words more easily from other children WASHINGTON, D.C. May 13, 2019 -- Children's brains are sponges.…

New research from the University of Pennsylvania and George Washington University shows that collective intelligence -- peer learning within social networks -- can increase belief accuracy even in politically homogeneous groups In the wake…

UC Riverside-led team performs two studies to examine effects of sleep, age, and depressed mood on working memoryCredit: W. Zhang, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team of psychologists has found strong associations between…

Credit: Scientific illustration by: Jen Burgess @isolinestudios BATON ROUGE - Many scientists today have embraced social media as tools to communicate their research and to engage broader audiences in scientific discovery and…

Most Europeans descend from a combination of European hunter-gatherers, Anatolian early farmers, and Steppe herders. But only European speakers of Uralic languages like Estonian and Finnish also have DNA from ancient Siberians. Now, with…

Pilot study will begin to assess AI-based decision support technology platform for early detection of suicide, violence, and mental health disordersCredit: Clarigent Health (CINCINNATI, OH-- May 6, 2019) Clarigent Health, a technology…

A recent study revealed students at an international school in Finland significantly outperformed U.S. students on tasks which measure digital literacy in social media and online news. The researchers suggest this may be due to the…

NHS receptionists attract bad press because they are right in the firing line -- not because they do a bad job, according to research by Lancaster University linguists NHS receptionists attract bad press because they are right in the…