For individuals who have congenital or acquired speech impairments, communicating with those around them can be very tough. Now, a team of experts believes it's on the right track towards developing a solution that will enable these people to talk to others just like before.
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1 February 2012
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According to the results of a new investigation carried out by scientists at the University of Chicago, it would appear that preschool kids who hear their parents use words such as tall, tiny, little and big tend to exhibit improved spatial abilities, when compared to their peers.
Spatial skills are essential durin... |
10 November 2011
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Researchers in the United States are proposing a new explanation for why words that are used frequently are shorter than words that are used on fewer occasions. The idea goes against the most prominent theory developed to date on this issue. For decades, language scientists have believed that often-used words are sho... |
10 February 2011
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A team of scientists in Utah found a way of translating thoughts into words, well, only ten words for now, but the technique is very promising.This kind of research could largely benefit locked-in patients, that are unable to move or speak, and while most of them are able to blink to communicate, it is a rather diffi... |
23 September 2010
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Pain is something that has for a long time been associated with external stimuli. Usually, sticks and stones do cause pain, while other times people's feelings cause the same effect, only on the inside. But while these situations have been carefully investigated before, one area of pain study has remained largel... |
6 April 2010
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In a recent study, experts discovered that unborn children's cognition stands to gain considerably if their mothers talk to them constantly. Spoken words apparently have a very strong effect on their minds, even if they themselves are unable to speak until much later on. The investigators say that the sound of a... |
25 March 2010
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A new investigation has recently revealed that the human brain is actually employing different areas when it comes to learning new nouns and verbs. This was shown by a research team that included two psychologists from Spain and a German neurologist. They used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to detect wh... |
25 February 2010
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Ever since sign language was invented, it has brought up a single enduring question: how is it that those speaking and gesturing are able to do both with the same speed? It naturally takes more time to form a sign than to speak a word, yet interpreters seem to be able to finish both their sentence and their sign repr... |
14 December 2009
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Language is one of the things that constantly change, and not over the years, but several times in the course of an average life span. The engines behind these changes are the people, a researcher proposes, saying that the process through which language changes to reflect daily routines and actions is very similar to... |
27 November 2009
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Scientists have known for a long time what the basic process involved in vocalization is. Regardless if we speak, sing or shout, the sounds are produced in the same way. Airflow pushed out of the lungs passes between the vocal chords, which are nothing more than muscular filaments. When this happens, the structures v... |
24 November 2009
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Arguably the biggest challenge in the life of a couple is fight. As spirits heat, one or the other may drop some words that he or she does not necessarily mean, but that are uttered precisely because the other will undoubtedly be hurt. Many otherwise happy couples split and marriages ended following such arguments, e... |
14 November 2009
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Words and gesture may seem to be two distinct sets of communication tools, and someone would expect that they are processed in different parts of the brain. However, this does not seem to be the case, as indicated by a new scientific study funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders... |
10 November 2009
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Investigators at the Reading University now believe they've discovered the most ancient words in the English language, with the help of a sophisticated computer simulation. The program accounts for the rate of change that has been recorded throughout history for German and other related languages such as English... |
26 February 2009
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If you never heard of it, Buzzword is one of the technologies which come as the perfect web-based word processor for numerous Internet consumers, allowing them to create and store documents online. But what's more important is that its owner, Virtual Ubiquity never managed to make Buzzword one of the top web tec... |
1 October 2007
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