speech perception

The Hidden Logic of Baby Babble

Is a baby's babbling just adorable, random noise? Far from it. Linguists have discovered that babbling is a highly structured…

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Cracking Connected Speech

Ever feel like you know thousands of words but still can't understand native speakers? The culprit is often connected speech,…

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Feeling Speech: The Tadoma Method

Imagine a conversation without sound or sight, where words aren't heard but are understood through the delicate dance of vibrations…

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Thinking With Your Hands: The Unconscious Grammar of Co-Speech Gestures

We don't just talk with our mouths; our hands are constantly performing a silent ballet that helps us think, speak,…

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Cracking the Code Before Words: The Infant’s Amazing Ability to Find Word Boundaries

To an infant, spoken language is a continuous, unbroken river of sound. So how do they learn where one word…

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Hearing with Your Eyes: The McGurk Effect and the Illusions of Speech Perception

What happens when your eyes and ears receive conflicting information? The McGurk effect is a powerful illusion where seeing a…

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The Unspoken Melody: How Intonation Carries More Meaning Than Words

Beyond vocabulary lies prosody—the music of speech. From the rising inflection that turns a statement into a question to the…

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When Words Disappear: A Journey into Aphasia and the Brain’s Language Centers

Aphasia offers a profound look into how language is mapped in our brain. This journey explores the difference between Broca's…

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