From ‘fake news’ to ‘tremendous success’
Linguists from Mainz University published a collection of investigations into US President Donald Trump’s language and style of communication
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A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate
Researchers have designed a skin-like device that can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to speak.
Read moreWord graph analysis confirms that dream report structure varies according to sleep stage
Study by Brazilian and South African researchers is the first to prove, using a graph analysis tool, that REM dream narratives tend to be more complex and connected than reports of non-REM dreams
Read moreBuilding blocks of language evolved 30-40 million years ago
– Language is one of the most powerful tools available to humanity, and determining why and when language evolved is
Read moreCognitive elements of language have existed for 40 million years
Humans are not the only beings that can identify rules in complex language-like constructions – monkeys and great apes can
Read moreThe Misophonia Research Fund announces recipients of the 2020 Misophonia Research Grants
The Misophonia Research Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of a new grant seeking to understand misophonia and develop
Read moreNational Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator awards $1 million grant to team
Funding supports computing accessibility research to analyze facial expressions in ASL
Read moreSwallowing, communication management of tracheostomy, laryngectomy in context of COVID-19
What The Article Says: This review synthesizes the literature regarding tracheostomy and laryngectomy management in the context of the COVID-19
Read moreMonkey study suggests that they, like humans, may have ‘self-domesticated’
It’s not a coincidence that dogs are cuter than wolves, or that goats at a petting zoo have shorter horns
Read moreHittite cuneiform scripts will go online
3,500-year-old clay tablet cuneiform texts of the Hittites will be made fully accessible online; Funding by the German Research Foundation
Read moreNovel software assesses phonologial awareness
Understanding sounds in language is a critical building block for child literacy, yet this skill is often overlooked. Researchers from
Read moreDeep neural networks show promise for predicting future self-harm based on clinical notes
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina use deep learning models to identify patients at risk of intentional self-harm based on unstructured patient clinical notes alone
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