Dogs have the ability to distinguish vocabulary words and the intonation of human speech through brain regions similar to those that humans use, a new study reports. Attila Andics et al. note that ...

When adults speak a second language, you can oftentimes tell. Usually, it’s from what’s coming out of their mouth. But ...

How does the brain manage to catch the drift of a mumbled sentence or a flat, robotic voice? A new study led by researchers at Reichman University's Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology and the Dina ...

How does the brain manage to catch the drift of a mumbled sentence or a flat, robotic voice? A new study led by researchers at Reichman University’s Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology and the Dina ...

Prosody and intonation are fundamental components of spoken language, encompassing rhythm, stress, pitch variation and timing that go beyond mere lexical content. These suprasegmental features not ...

This paper identifies modern Yiddish intonation patterns for three different semantic structures and contends that they derive from modern (Ashkenazic) talmudic chant. An examination of the ...