(AP) Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it is not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a ...
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A study on nonsense words yields odd connection between curse word sounds and memory
Researchers Have Theories As To Why In A Nutshell The study tested made-up words, not actual profanity. Researchers created ...
Which words do we find beautiful? And do beautifully sounding words stick better in memory? A new study led by linguist ...
Those hopelessly passe terms were passably hip just a few years back. Then, due to overuse or a feckless public, they fell out of fashion. (Linguists suspect Al Gore of wearing out the superhighway ...
Words with a pleasant sound are easier to remember, a study by the University of Vienna has found. Invented words like "clisious", "smanious" and "drikious" were presented to around 100 ...
Baboons don’t read, don’t speak and perhaps can’t understand language at all. But scientists have found that they can learn to recognize writing on a computer screen, identifying correctly most of the ...
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