News tagged with vowels
Speaking a tonal language (such as Cantonese) primes the brain for musical training
Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to Canadian researchers.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Researcher gives subjects their voice
Stephen Hawking and a 9-year-old girl with a speech disorder most likely use the same synthetic voice. It's called Perfect Paul and it's easy to understand, especially in acoustically ...
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Feb 21, 2013 |
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New study uncovers brain's code for pronouncing vowels
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have unraveled how our brain cells encode the pronunciation of individual vowels in speech. The discovery could lead to new technology that verbalizes the unspoken words of ...
Neuroscience
Aug 21, 2012 |
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Mind reading computer system may help people with locked-in syndrome
(Medical Xpress) -- Imagine living a life in which you are completely aware of the world around you but you're prevented from engaging in it because you are completely paralyzed. Even speaking is impossible. For an estimated ...
Neuroscience
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Even before language, babies learn the world through sounds
It's not just the words, but the sounds of words that have meaning for us. This is true for children and adults, who can associate the strictly auditory parts of language -- vowels produced in the front or the back of the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Dyslexia linked to difficulties in perceiving rhythmic patterns in music
Children with dyslexia often find it difficult to count the number of syllables in spoken words or to determine whether words rhyme. These subtle difficulties are seen across languages with different writing systems and they ...
Neuroscience
Jun 29, 2011 |
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