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'Tetris' still a videogame star at age 25
It was spring in what was then the Soviet Union when a mathematician in Moscow with a penchant for puzzles created a "Tetris" computer game still going strong 25 years later.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Why can we talk? 'Humanized' mice speak volumes
Mice carrying a "humanized version" of a gene believed to influence speech and language may not actually talk, but they nonetheless do have a lot to say about our evolutionary past, according to a report in the May 29th issue ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Scientists reaching consensus on how brain processes speech
Neuroscientists feel they are much closer to an accepted unified theory about how the brain processes speech and language, according to a scientist at Georgetown University Medical Center who first laid the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 26, 2009 |
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Research calls for a new formula for trade mark protection
Trade mark protection serves the needs of trade mark owners well -- but to the detriment of the consuming public and other traders and rivals, says a new study from the University of Leicester.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 18, 2009 |
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Age-related difficulty recognizing words predicted by brain differences
Older adults may have difficulty understanding speech because of age-related changes in brain tissue, according to new research in the May 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that older adults with t ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 12, 2009 |
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US attorneys meet with Craigslist on ad concerns
US attorneys general met with Craigslist on Tuesday to discuss concerns that the free online classified service is being used to advertise prostitution.
May 05, 2009 |
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Apple sued for stifling iPod tricks
Internet rights champions have accused Apple of stifling free speech by bullying OdioWorks into ending online sharing of ways to get iPods to work with music websites other than iTunes.
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Early brain activity sheds new light on the neural basis of reading
Most people are expert readers, but it is something of an enigma that our brain can achieve expertise in such a recent cultural invention, which lies at the interface between vision and language. Given that the first alphabetic ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Boy's story sparks hope, skepticism in autism community
The twiggy boy who greets strangers at his Cedar Hill, Texas, home with a handshake and an impish grin bears no resemblance to the toddler who shied away from contact, screamed when he had to walk down the stairs and spent ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 16, 2009 |
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New research reclaims the power of speech
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UQ researcher has revealed a new treatment for a speech disorder that commonly affects those who have suffered a stroke or brain injury.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Group protests Kindle e-reader's read-aloud limits
(AP) -- A group representing the blind and other people with disabilities protested limitations to the new read-aloud feature on Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reader Tuesday, arguing that the ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Unraveling the roots of dyslexia
By peering into the brains of people with dyslexia compared to normal readers, a study published online on March 12th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has shed new light on the roots of the learning disability, which ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Read my lips: Using multiple senses in speech perception (Video)
When someone speaks to you, do you see what they are saying? We tend to think of speech as being something we hear, but recent studies suggest that we use a variety of senses for speech perception - that the brain treats ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Polish and Italian get advanced language recognition system
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed the most advanced spontaneous language understanding (SLU) system for both Polish and Italian. In fact, it is the first one.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 23, 2009 |
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It's like software understands, um, language
(PhysOrg.com) -- EU researchers have taken speech recognition to a whole new level by creating software that can understand spontaneous language. It will, like, make human-machine interaction, um, work a lot ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 21, 2009 |
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