Language researchers have studied how mothers speak to their infants, to their pets, and to other adults. Mothers speak slowly and clearly to their infants, hyperarticulating speech to teach language. What this research did ...
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2023
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Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to your child's early speech and language development? Speech refers to the production of sounds that transform into words through the physical act of speaking, and language ...
Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2023
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A study by the University of York and Aarhus University has revealed that baby talk displays similar properties across 36 languages.
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2022
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Using terminology such as "female" and "male," or "feminine" and "masculine" affects how people perceive gender when hearing someone's voice, according to a study from researchers at the Acoustic Phonetics and Perception ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2022
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Despite what many first-time parents may wish for, kids don't come with instruction manuals. Even seemingly straightforward developmental milestones, like when to introduce solid food, can vary across countries. And when ...
Education
Apr 20, 2022
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As ESA's ΙΈ-week continues to provoke and inspire participants on new ways of using Earth observation for monitoring our world to benefit the citizens of today and of the future, it is clear that artificial intelligence is ...
Machine learning & AI
Nov 15, 2018
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Many of us would remember our days in primary school sitting in a classroom with four walls, among 20 to 30 other students, and a teacher instructing us from the front. Recently, some schools have been converting classrooms ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2015
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Having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2013
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US officials, lawmakers and technology leaders voiced firm opposition Thursday to efforts to bring the Internet under UN control, saying it could hurt free expression and commerce.
Internet
May 31, 2012
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