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Robots learn to create language

(PhysOrg.com) -- Communication is a vital part of any task that has to be done by more than one individual. That is why humans in every corner of the world have created their own complex languages that help ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 17 | with audio podcast weblog

Finches use their own form of grammar in their tweets

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers from the University of Kyoto in Japan have discovered that the tweets of Bengalese finches follow a set of grammatical patter ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

The Link Between Birdsong And Human Language

Scientists studying how Bengalese finches use sets of syllables to communicate are a step closer to understanding how humans develop and use vocabulary. After studying the neural networks in finch brains, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

On the tip of your tongue: Researchers reveal our motor system activates when we hear speech

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have discovered our motor system activates automatically when we hear speech. These findings could, in the future, play a central role ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Probing Question: What do children need to be successful readers?

In the great green room, there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of…"

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Language learning: Researchers use video games to crack the speech code

When we speak, our enunciation and pronunciation of words and syllables fluctuates and varies from person to person. Given this, how do infants decode all of the spoken sounds they hear to learn words and meanings?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast