Baby seals can modulate the pitch of their voice, much like humans do
A talking seal inspired scientists to look to the marine mammals for clues that might untangle the origin of speech.
Tag: speech
Wearable artificial voice box could help mute people speak
The device attaches itself to the throat like a temporary tattoo and can convert skin movements into sounds.
Humans and monkeys respond differently to music and speech
Our ability to detect pitch may have been integral to the development of language and music.
Scientists present device that transforms brain activity into speech
This could be transformative for so many people suffering from speech impairment.
AI spots depression by looking at your patterns of speech
Computer: "What is my purpose?" MIT: "You spot depression!" Computer: :(
From insects to whales, all sorts of animals take turns to communicate
When one utters, the other listens -- and such is the case in most animals too.
Monkey ‘vocabulary’ could clue us in on evolution of human speech
An adorable monkey's 'ekks' and 'tsiks' might teach how speech evolved.
Brain network that picks words from the background noise revealed
Our brains are really good at sifting through information.
That urge to complete other people’s sentences? Turns out the brain has its own Auto Correct
In the hippocampus -- which is weird, because we didn't think it had anything to do with talking.
How baby songbirds can tell us a thing or two about how we learn to speak
There may be a fine line between how baby birds learn to sing and humans learn to speak.
Humans are not unique in understanding the basics of language
A paper published recently in Nature Communications details how a team lead by Dr. Ben Wilson and Professor Chris Petkov ...
Researchers home in on speech center in the brain
Researchers have long theorized that the superior temporal sulcus (STS) is involved in processing speech rhythms, but it's only recently ...
A wild-born orangutan has learned to communicate like a human
A female orangutan born in the wild has learned to use her tongue to whistle and produce vowel sounds just ...
Indian teenager invents cheap device that turns breath into speech
In photo: sixteen year old inventor Arsh Shah Dilbagi demonstrating his breath to voice synthesizer. About ...
Who talks more, men or women? It all depends on the context, study finds
“We women talk too much, nevertheless we only say half of what we know.” Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess There's a ...
Speech-jamming gun puts annoying conversations to an end
Are you fed up with meaningless, rambling conference speakers? All too tired of phone calls around you at work? Wish ...
The girl who silenced the world for five minutes
Her name is Severn Suzuki, and here you have one of perhaps the most impressive speeches of all time, delivered ...