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Presidential Debates Offer Body Language Tips for Job Interviews
October 19, 2012 — Considering President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney are seeking the nation’s top job, watching Monday’s Presidential debate could be just the prep needed to ace your next job ... > full story -
A Little Science Goes a Long Way: Engaging Kids Improves Math, Language Scores
October 18, 2012 — A researcher has found that engaging elementary school students in science for as little as 10 hours a year can lead to improved test scores in math and language ... > full story -
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Device to Help Stutterers: Interdisciplinary Team Developing Prosthetic as Part of a Complete Treatment Program
October 18, 2012 — Researchers have created a patent-pending device that could change the lives of people who ... > full story -
Children With Autism Can Identify Misbehavior but Have Trouble Putting It in Words, Study Finds
October 17, 2012 — Children with autism have difficulty identifying inappropriate social behavior, and even when successful, they are often unable to justify why the behavior seemed inappropriate. New brain imaging ... > full story -
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Language Structure Arises from Balance of Clear and Effective Communication, Study Finds
October 15, 2012 — When learning a new language, we automatically organize words into sentences that will be both clearly understood and efficient (quick) to communicate. That's the finding of a new study that ... > full story -
What You Hear Could Depend on What Your Hands Are Doing
October 14, 2012 — New research demonstrates that the two hemispheres specialize in different kinds of sounds (left: rapidly changing sounds, such as consonants; right: slowly changing sounds, such as syllables or ... > full story -
The Worst Noises in the World: Why We Recoil at Unpleasant Sounds
October 12, 2012 — Heightened activity between the emotional and auditory parts of the brain explains why the sound of chalk on a blackboard or a knife on a bottle is so ... > full story -
Singing Mice Show Signs of Learning
October 10, 2012 — Guys who imitate Luciano Pavarotti or Justin Bieber to get the girls aren't alone. Male mice may do a similar trick, matching the pitch of other males' ultrasonic serenades. The mice also have ... > full storyMore: -
Applying Information Theory to Linguistics
October 10, 2012 — Researchers believe that information theory -- the discipline that gave us digital communication -- can explain differences between human ... > full story -
Maternal Depression Affects Language Development in Babies
October 8, 2012 — Maternal depression and a common class of antidepressants can alter a crucial period of language development in babies, according to a new ... > full story
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