The architecture and processes underlying visual word recognition represent some of the most intricate systems in human cognition. The seemingly simple act of reading a word involves not only a ...

By tracking brain activity as people listened to a spoken story, researchers found that the brain builds meaning step by step ...

Linguists have noticed that many swear words share the same sharp, punchy sounds—hard consonants like “k,” “t,” and “g” that burst out of the mouth rather than flow. When a study examined those sound ...

WordTips first established a list of the 350 most misspelled words in the English language to serve as the foundation for this study. The website then sampled over 2 billion geotagged tweets from ...

BUDAPEST, March 29 (Reuters) - Dogs are able to understand that some words refer to objects in a way that is similar to humans, a small study of canine brain waves has found, offering insight into the ...

Like humans, dogs have the capacity to link words to mental images or ideas in their minds, researchers have recently found. Researchers in Hungary and Norway made the discovery while researching ...

A study conducted in Hungary explored dogs' ability to understand human language. The study involved 18 dogs and utilized non-invasive procedures to measure brain activity. Results indicate that dogs ...