Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows language development starts in the womb
A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone speaking to them in English and Japanese.
Jul 18, 2017
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News tagged with speech
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Hearing is believing: Speech may be a clue to mental decline
Your speech may, um, help reveal if you're uh ... developing thinking problems. More pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decline, which can lead to Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests.
Jul 17, 2017
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Neuroscience
Researchers ID network of neurons crucial for vocal learning
Researchers have identified a network of neurons that plays a vital role in learning vocalizations by aiding communication between motor and auditory regions of the brain.
Jun 27, 2017
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Neuroscience
What's coming next? Scientists identify how the brain predicts speech
An international collaboration of neuroscientists has shed light on how the brain helps us to predict what is coming next in speech.
Apr 25, 2017
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Neuroscience
Recognizing foreign accents helps brains process accented speech
Our brains process foreign-accented speech with better real-time accuracy if we can identify the accent we hear, according to a team of neurolinguists.
Apr 20, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
The way the brain processes speech could serve as a predictor of early dementia
Early dementia is typically associated with memory and thinking problems; but older adults should also be vigilant about hearing and communication problems, suggest recent findings in a joint Baycrest-University of Memphis ...
Mar 15, 2017
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Neuroscience
When your eyes override your ears: New insights into the McGurk effect
Seeing is not always believing - visual speech (mouth movements) mismatched with auditory speech (sounds) can result in the perception of an entirely different message. This mysterious illusion is known as the McGurk effect. ...
Feb 16, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Whether our speech is fast or slow, we say about the same
The purpose of speech is communication, not speed—so perhaps some new research findings, while counterintuitive, should come as no surprise. Whether we speak quickly or slowly, the new study suggests, we end up conveying ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Neuroscience
Play an instrument? You probably react faster, too
Could learning to play a musical instrument help the elderly react faster and stay alert?
Jan 10, 2017
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Neuroscience
Cutting through the clamor—how the brain helps us understand spoken words in noisy settings
Humans are exquisitely skilled at perceiving spoken words, even when speakers' voices are intermittently overwhelmed by noise, as happens in the din of construction sites or on busy urban streets. Now, in a study conducted ...
Dec 21, 2016
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