It is quite simple for pianists like the Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang: Whether it is music by Mozart, Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky, they can play the piano quickly. Saarbrücken researchers transferred this skill in piano playing ...
Social Sciences
Sep 19, 2013
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Would a color by any other name be thought of in the same way, regardless of the language used to describe it?
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2015
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A young Latina mother I was interviewing once laughed uncomfortably as she described her sons' embarrassment when put on the spot by older Latinos.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2023
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William Shakespeare's mastery of the English language is displayed more in the grammar he used than in his words, according to a researcher at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
Other
Jan 30, 2012
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Speaking in public is the top fear for many people. Now, researchers from the Human-Computer Interaction Group at the University of Rochester have developed an intelligent user interface for "smart glasses" that gives real-time ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 30, 2015
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Schools and universities are panicking about artificial intelligence (AI) and cheating. But AI presents far more significant threats to equity in education.
Education
Apr 6, 2023
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Our language is changing constantly. Researchers of the University of Vienna found that, over centuries, frequently occurring speech sound patterns get even more frequent. The reason for this development is that our brain ...
Social Sciences
May 5, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On the surface, English, Japanese, and Kinande, a member of the Bantu family of languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have little in common. It is not just that the vocabularies of these three ...
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2009
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In a 2019 sketch from the US late-night comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL), the actor James McAvoy plays a Scottish air traffic controller attempting to help a US brand integration manager (Mikey Day) land a plane in distress, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2023
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The 'missing link' that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic sounds, rather than charades-like gestures—giving rise to the unique human power to coin new words ...
Other
May 12, 2021
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