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Semantics on the Basis of Words' Connectivity
July 3, 2013 — It is now possible to identify the meaning of words with multiple meanings, without using their semantic context. Two physicists have now devised a method to automatically elucidate the meaning of ... > full story -
Why Do We Gesticulate?
July 2, 2013 — If you rely on hand gestures to get your point across, you can thank fish for that! Scientists have found that the evolution of the control of speech and hand movements can be traced back to the same ... > full story -
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Helps Stroke Patients Gain Prolonged Language Recovery
July 2, 2013 — A new study details a technique developed by researchers to improve language function in stroke patients with chronic speech-language ... > full story -
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Link Between Fear and Sound Perception Discovered
June 30, 2013 — Researchers have discovered in an animal model how fear can increase or decrease the ability to discriminate among sounds depending on context, providing potential new insight into the distorted ... > full story -
Early Brain Stimulation May Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Function
June 27, 2013 — Non-invasive brain stimulation may help stroke survivors recover language function. Survivors treated with the technique regained more language function than those who did not get ... > full story -
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Gene Deletion Affects Early Language and Brain White Matter
June 27, 2013 — A chromosomal deletion is associated with changes in the brain's white matter and delayed language acquisition in youngsters from Southeast Asia or with ancestral connections to the region, said an ... > full story -
Imagination Can Change What We Hear and See
June 27, 2013 — Our imagination may affect how we experience the world more than we perhaps think. What we imagine hearing or seeing "in our head" can change our actual perception. The study sheds new light on a ... > full story -
Music Professor Creates Device for Speech, Cognitive Therapy
June 27, 2013 — A music professor created a unique therapeutic device to treat speech and hearing disorders and memory loss, among other ... > full story -
Can Home-Culture Images Impair Second-Language Skills?
June 26, 2013 — New research shows that reminders of your heritage culture can trigger troubles in your second ... > full story -
Christians Tweet More Happily, Less Analytically Than Atheists
June 26, 2013 — A computer analysis of nearly 2 million text messages (tweets) on the online social network Twitter found that Christians use more positive words, fewer negative words and engage in less analytical ... > full story
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