Why are some sounds easier to remember than others? A study on made-up words points to the harsh consonants that also ...

Which words do we find beautiful? And do beautifully sounding words stick better in memory? A new study led by linguist ...

A study from Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences revisits a long-standing idea in language science that ...

Meta recently announced a long-term research partnership to study the human brain. According to the company, it intends to use the results of this study to “guide the development of AI that processes ...

Although languages around the world vary greatly, some share similar speech sounds. A new study suggests that labiodental sounds like “f” and “v” are included in about half of the world’s languages ...

During deep sleep%2C the brain%27s electrical patterns follow a slow oscillating rhythm Listening to sounds tuned to brain rhythms improves memory Such sounds may also help with insomnia%2C the study ...

Your upstairs neighbors’ sounds may be really annoying to you — especially if you've been working from home either full time or part time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet there's a larger issue to ...

A new analysis from University of California San Diego researchers is drawing a direct line between guns in the home and ...

When it comes to music, what we see may be even more important than what we hear. In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Chia-Jung Tsay had ...

Though the sound of chewing may be unpleasant, most of us do not respond with a fight-or-flight reaction, a condition known as misophonia. A new study explored this phenomenon and discovered that, ...

A recent study from Brazil shows that heat stress is disrupting a critical component of photosynthesis in tree species found in the Amazon and Cerrado belt. Leaves heat up faster than the ambient air, ...