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Swearing relieves pain

Why do we swear and swear after hitting each other? Because it reduces pain, according to a recent study conducted at Keele University.

Babies understand the barking of dogs

Do you understand what your dog is trying to tell you with his barking? A new study conducted at Brigham Young University in Utah, United States, reveals that any baby could decipher them without difficulty.

The advantages of having imaginary friends

If you had an imaginary friend as a child, you're in luck. As a new scientific study reveals, these fictional companions promote communication and make us more sociable and creative as we reach adulthood.

The Siberian jay creates a

When stalking a predator, the Siberian jay uses more than a dozen different call tones and around 25 different vocalizations, thus managing to "explain" the level of danger and category of the predator to the rest of its group.

Sleeping well improves our vocabulary

A study conducted by the University of Cambridge reveals that adequate sleep at night allows the brain to store and remember new words learned during the day.

Why is it that we say

Both "umm" and "emm" are sounds emitted by a closed mouth about to open to speak: hence they are interpreted as request to speak signals

Jean Aitchison:

"Human language is more like that of birds than chimpanzees? Holder of the Rupert Murdoch Chair of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford and a specialist in Creole and Pidgin languages (New Guinea), his research focuses on the change of language, the mental lexicon and the language of the media He has published several books that have caused a stir for his revolutionary way of explaining the evolution of language and its future, including "The Articulate Mamal" articulated) and recently released "The seeds of Speech." In 1996 he made famous lectures for the BBC under the title "The language web".

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