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Patient characteristics associated with telemedicine access during COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: This study identified racial/ ethnic, sex, age, language, and socioeconomic differences in accessing telemedicine for primary care and specialty ambulatory care; if not addressed, these differences may compound existing inequities in care among vulnerable populations. Authors:…
Linguists gather virtually to showcase cutting-edge research
The LSA’s 95th Annual Meeting convenes in early January
Anglo-German project to investigate the role of translation in post-war European magazines
The British Arts and Humanities Research Council and the German Research Foundation are funding the research project ‘Spaces of Translation: European Magazine Cultures’ run jointly by Nottingham Trent University and Mainz University
Researchers deconstruct ancient Jewish parchment using multiple imaging techniques
Analyses of the materials in the scrolls helps put the object into an historical context and guides conservators in future restoration efforts
Talking like a woman in TED Talks is associated with more popularity
Talking like a woman at online TED Talks is being “uniquely rewarded” with more views according to researchers, who say female language style is an “underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence”. The study published in PLOS ONE by…
Female language style promotes visibility and influence online
A female-typical language style promotes the popularity of talks in the digital context and turns out to be an underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence. This was shown by UZH psychologists in an international study in which they…
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language
Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers
UC Riverside School of Medicine to serve as lead site for clinical trial on stuttering
Phase 2 study investigates efficacy of the drug ecopipam developed by Emalex Biosciences Inc.
How does eye position affect ‘cocktail party’ listening?
Eye position has a modest but measurable impact on speech intelligibility within a cocktail party setting.
Accent perception depends on backgrounds of speaker, listener
The perception of accents can change depending on the ethnicity of the speaker and whether the listener was raised in a multilingual, diverse environment
Brains work harder while processing descriptions of motion in other languages
Our brain has to work a little harder when we’re reading about physical movement in a way that is not typical in our native language, according to a new study
New study tests machine learning on detection of borrowed words in world languages
Underwhelming results underscore the complexity of language evolution while showing promise in some current applications
Researchers share database for studying individual differences in language skills
Although most people learn to speak their mother tongue fluently, native speakers differ in their ability to use language. Adult language users not only differ in the number of words they know, they also differ in how quickly they produce…
How the brain distinguishes fact from possibility
Processing facts triggers stronger brain activity than possibilities
Pronouns matter — pronoun use conveys inclusivity
In her doctoral dissertation, Laura Hekanaho investigates attitudes towards English third person singular pronouns; the use of pronouns is very politicized
Psychological factors contributing to language learning
The problem of language acquisition is one of the complicated psychological topics. Teacher education experts are always seeking new ways of improving the efficiency of language learning.
Zebra finches amazing at unmasking the bird behind the song
The spirited songbirds can rapidly memorize the signature sounds of at least 50 different members of their flock
New test reveals AI still lacks common sense
Despite advances in natural language processing, AI still doesn’t have the common sense to understand human language, finds a new USC study.
Learning a new language changes the brain’s division of labor
Adult language learning changes hemisphere specialization for comprehension but not production
Actively speaking two languages protects against cognitive decline
Researchers conclude that regularly speaking two languages contributes to cognitive reserve and delays the onset of the symptoms associated with cognitive decline and dementia.
Envision color: Activity patterns in the brain are specific to the color you see
NIH research findings reveal new aspects of visual processing
International team wins 10 million euro ERC grant to study evolution of quantification
Humans use numbers and other quantifiers all the time. Our daily lives and our languages are packed with them, from symbols like “1,2, 3” that crowd our smartphones to expressions like “a lot” or “a gazillion.” But when, why and…
Save-the-date: Virtual scientific meeting on sound, Dec. 7-11, 2020
Acoustical Society of America to host Acoustics Virtually Everywhere, highlighting the latest in the science of sound
Analysis of Trump’s tweets reveals systematic diversion of the media
President Donald Trump’s controversial use of social media is widely known and theories abound about its ulterior motives. New research published today in Nature Communications claims to provide the first evidence-based analysis demonstrating the US President’s Twitter account has been…
Mari and Karelian respondents share ideas on how to improve local education
A study by Kazan Federal University and University of Jyvaskyla appeared in Compare
RUDN University linguists: Vocabulary size affects ability to differentiate foreign language vowels
A team of linguists from RUDN University established that a person’s ability to accurately differentiate between vowel sounds of a foreign language correlates with the size of their vocabulary in said language. The results of the study were published in…
Gambling addiction: an aid from patients’ stories
For the first time, new research identifies narrative markers of gambling addiction and paves the way to innovative approaches for therapy and prevention
Lev Manovich’s ‘Cultural Analytics’ is leading the way to understanding digital culture
New book looks at intersection of data science & media studies, presenting concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural data
10M euro ERC Synergy grant awarded for study of cognitive, cultural evolution of numeracy
The QUANTA project is the first concerted effort to address the ambitious questions of when, why, and how tools for quantification emerged and evolved
Phillips studying role-based norm violation response in human-robot teams
Elizabeth Phillips, Assistant Professor, Psychology, Human Factors/Applied Cognition, is conducting a study to examine two aspects of norm violation response in human-robot teams. Specifically, she is investigating: (1) context-sensitive tradeoffs between rule-based and role-based responses, and (2) representations and mechanisms…
RIT/NTID inventors receive patent for hearing test
New online, self-administered test enables individuals to evaluate their own hearing
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
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.
Word 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
Building 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 central to understand what it means to be human – Being able to track relationships between words in a sentence,…
Cognitive 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 do so, too, a study at the University of Zurich has shown. Researchers at the Department of Comparative Language Science…
The 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 new therapeutic strategies for those living with the condition. Funded research includes: At Duke University, Dr. Clair Robbins will conduct…
National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator awards $1 million grant to team
Funding supports computing accessibility research to analyze facial expressions in ASL
Swallowing, 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 pandemic. Authors: José Vergara, B.Sc., S.L.P., of the University of Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil, is the corresponding author. To…
Monkey 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 and friendlier demeanors than their wild ancestors. Scientists call this “domestication syndrome” — the idea that breeding out aggression inadvertently…
Hittite 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
Novel software assesses phonologial awareness
Understanding sounds in language is a critical building block for child literacy, yet this skill is often overlooked. Researchers from Michigan State University have developed a new software tool to assess children’s phonological awareness — or, how they process the…
Deep 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
Is English the lingua franca of science? Not for everyone
For many non-English speakers, language is a hindrance to full participation in science
Multiple neurodevelopmental conditions may lead to worse educational outcomes
Scottish children with multiple neurodevelopmental conditions experience greater school absenteeism and exclusion, poorer exam attainment and increased unemployment, according to a study published October 13 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Michael Fleming of the University of Glasgow, and…
Avoiding ableist language in autism research
New Rochelle, NY –Ableist language is often used by autism researchers, which assumes that autistic people are “broken” or inferior to non-autistic people. Strategies for avoiding ableist language are provided in Autism and Adulthood . Click here to read the…
Candidates who lie more likely to win elections – new study
The public may have grown tired of candidates who say one thing on the election trail then do another when in office, but a new study suggests truthful candidates might be less likely to make it through to elected office.…
MU earns $5.45 million to advance literacy efforts throughout Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Literacy serves as the foundation of education, and the ability to read and write well is critical to a child’s success in school and beyond. As part of the Show Me Literacies Collaborative, University of Missouri researchers…
RUDN University linguist: learning foreign language is harder for visually impaired people
A scientist from RUDN University analysed the effect of visual impairment on a person’s perception of unfamiliar sounds when learning a foreign language. The experiment showed that lack of access to visual cues makes learning difficult.Results of workpublished in the…