Autism spectrum disorders
Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk
Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too.
Jan 16, 2012
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News tagged with syllables
Psychology & Psychiatry
Baby talk words with repeated sounds help infants learn language
Babies find it easier to learn words with repetitive syllables rather than mixed sounds, a study suggests.
May 27, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The ends count starting at birth: Newborns use first and last syllables to recognize words
Most of us think of infants as tiny beings whose main business is to sleep, suck and cry, without much awareness of what is happening around them. It may come as somewhat of a surprise, then, to know that newborn brains are ...
Jul 21, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Our brains are hardwired for language
A groundbreaking study published in PLOS ONE by Prof. Iris Berent of Northeastern University and researchers at Harvard Medical School shows the brains of individual speakers are sensitive to language universals. Syllables ...
Apr 17, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New brain-test app
Two years ago, researcher Josef Bless was listening to music on his phone when he suddenly had an idea.
Feb 8, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding accents: Effective communication is about more than simply pronunciation
With immigration on the rise, the use of English as a second language is sweeping the world. People who have grown up speaking French, Italian, Mandarin or any other language are now expected to be able to communicate effectively ...
Oct 3, 2012
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Neuroscience
Study: One week of therapy may help reorganize brain, reduce stuttering
Just one week of speech therapy may reorganize the brain, helping to reduce stuttering, according to a study published in the August 8, 2012, online issue of Neurology.
Aug 8, 2012
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Neuroscience
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 ...
Jun 29, 2011
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Other
Music can spark creativity in math and science (w/ video)
From records to boom boxes to CDs and iPods, music has long been part of the lifeblood of being a teenager. Learning math and science in class is not always such a priority.
May 16, 2011
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Neuroscience
'I predict your words': That is how we understand what others say to us
We are at a fun but noisy party: how can we understand the words someone is saying to us despite the background music and voices? Thanks to the hard work of our brain and a special trick, it is capable of using: "predicting" ...
Oct 15, 2019
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