There's always that one friend who pulls out random big words in the middle of a casual sentence. To them, it feels natural, even if it leaves others standing around with a puzzled look. It's almost ...

Word recognition in tone languages like Mandarin is influenced not only by phonological structure but also by lexical tone. Prior research using auditory lexical decision tasks has shown that real ...

You might deem it self-evident that words should have meanings, but a growing number of people believe words can mean anything the speaker wants. It seems we now inhabit the fictional world imagined ...

Scientist from Shanghai, China developed and trained a brain-computer interface that can decode Mandarin Chinese syllables. Neurological conditions — such as strokes and degenerative diseases — can ...

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In Mean Girls (2004), the “Plastics,” led by Regina George (Rachel McAdams), use their “burn book” to record derogatory remarks intended to ostracize other students. In a bid to take down her rival, ...

When we use words to communicate, we not only have to choose what to say, but also what not to say, and how to say it. How we decide to frame a message can influence how people think, feel, and ...

Summary: Scientists have, for the first time, decoded inner speech—silent thoughts of words—on command using brain-computer interface technology, achieving up to 74% accuracy. By recording neural ...