On TED Talks, Female Style of Speaking More Popular

Medicine & Technology Dec 17, 2020

According to a new study, talking like a woman at online TED Talks leads to more views, highlighting the female language style as an "underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence."

Japan’s Kanji of the Year for 2020 a Nod to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Dec 14, 2020

Japan has chosen the word "mitsu" for its 2020 "Kanji of the Year," which appeared in its government campaigns to enforce social distancing in response to the global coronavirus pandemic that has largely shaped this challenging year.

How the Brain Differentiates Factual Information From Possibility

Dec 08, 2020

A study recently published in eNeuro specifies that processing specific factual information provokes more robust activity in the brain compared to indefinite or unclear information.

How to Train Your AI: Researchers Teach AI How to Move Around Fantasy Worlds

Nov 05, 2020

A research team trained its AI agents on how to act and communicate in a fantasy world.

New Study Suggests That Language Started Forming 30 to 40 Million Years Ago

Oct 22, 2020

Language is illustrated as the passing of thoughts and ideas through intelligible sounds. Although its evolutionary origins were previously unknown, a new study suggests it started at least 30 to 40 million years ago - during the time of the common ancestor of men, monkeys, and apes.

Scientists Have Just Implanted False Memories in Birds

Oct 09, 2019

Scientists managed to get birds to sing songs they've never heard before NOT in an attempt to learn how to implant false memories in humans.

New Research Isolates Speech Center in the Human Brain

May 19, 2015

In our quest to understand the complex inner workings of the human brain, researchers at New York University have brought us one step closer. They have pinpointed a region of the brain exclusively devoted to processing speech, which not only provides a better understanding of the cerebral landscape, but settles a long-standing dispute concerning the brain's perception of sound.

Tools Could Be the Topic for First Ever Conversations

Jan 21, 2015

What were the first words uttered by the early ancestors of modern humans? According to a new study, one of the first possible sentences could have been, "Tool bad," and likely occurred between 2.5 and 1.8 million years ago.