Psychology & Psychiatry
Getting heard may be key to getting new job
(HealthDay)—Your voice may be the key to landing a new job, researchers report in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science.
Mar 15, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Voices in people's heads more complex than previously thought
Voices in people's heads are far more varied and complex than previously thought, according to new research by Durham and Stanford universities, published in The Lancet Psychiatry today.
Mar 10, 2015
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Sound of mother's voice in womb may aid fetal brain growth
(HealthDay)—Babies may get a brain boost in the womb when they hear the voices and heartbeats of their mothers, a new study suggests.
Feb 24, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Voice therapy needed to counter the "Marilyn Monroe" effect
Routine voice therapy is needed for children who were intubated when they were born very preterm to reduce their risk of developing speaking difficulties, according to recent research.
Feb 10, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nemours, Therapy Box create app for kids, adults with speech deficits to use own voices
The UK-based Therapy Box has released the first app that allows people who have limited vocal ability or are losing their voices due to ALS and other disabling conditions to replace generic text-to-speech synthesis with a ...
Jan 14, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
You are what you 'like', according to new Facebook personality test
Pretty much all of us work with computers these days. The problem with computers is that while they can complete complex calculations and recall distant details, they're terrible at sensing how you're feeling. And that can ...
Jan 14, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pair finds lawyers with deep voices less likely to win cases at Supreme Court
(Medical Xpress)—A pair of researchers, Alan Yu of the University of Chicago who is a linguist and Daniel Chen who studies legal theory at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has found, via a study they conducted, that lawyers with ...
Oncology & Cancer
Survival differences seen for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer
The five-year survival rate for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer was higher than national levels in a small study at a single academic center performing a high rate of surgical therapy, including a total laryngectomy (removal ...
Nov 27, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When words fail, a highly specialized center helps patients find their voices
When Erik Laurence transferred to Shanghai, China, in 2009, as vice president of a software company, he thought his biggest challenge would be improving his Mandarin-language skills and learning the nuances of the Chinese ...
Nov 24, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The sound of status: People know high-power voices when they hear them
Being in a position of power can fundamentally change the way you speak, altering basic acoustic properties of the voice, and other people are able to pick up on these vocal cues to know who is really in charge, according ...
Nov 24, 2014
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