Sifting through two-thirds of the world’s languages, scientists have discovered a strange pattern: Words with the same meanings in different languages often seem to share the same sounds ...

Recently, a trend has caught the attention of many linguists, especially those interested in sounds. This trend happens to be sound change, specifically, how it happens and why it happens. This ...

Sound repetition allows us to memorize complex sounds in a very quick, effective and durable way. According to new research, this form of auditory learning is believed to occur in daily life to ...

Identify Sound Patterns and Take a Field Trip to the Science Center. Special | 27m 29s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Glen learns his phone number. Mrs. Williams introduces us to the eight basic ...

Your Hands Are Secret Musical Instruments. When you clap, you’re creating what scientists call a “Helmholtz resonator,” which is the same principle that makes sound when you blow across a ...

Complex sound patterns are recognized by newborn brains Nonlinguistic sounds activate language-related networks in the brain Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

When a startup called Beyond Verbal began mapping the patterns and frequency of voices expressing various emotions, they noticed something odd: Love and hate looked almost identical. Yet despite ...