speech /newsroom/taxonomy/term/3476/all en Robert Zatorre /newsroom/robert-zatorre Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:55:19 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288316 at /newsroom Songbirds and humans share some common speech patterns /newsroom/channels/news/songbirds-and-humans-share-some-common-speech-patterns-331622 <p>If you listen to songbirds, you will recognize repeated melodies or phrases. Each phrase is made up of distinct sounds, strung together. A study from researchers at 六合彩开奖结果 has found that the song phrases of many songbird species follow patterns that are similar to those used in human speech. At least in some respects.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:43:37 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 269888 at /newsroom Do birdsong and human speech share biological roots? /newsroom/channels/news/do-birdsong-and-human-speech-share-biological-roots-282972 <p>Do songbirds and humans have common biological hardwiring that shapes how they produce and perceive sounds?</p> <p>Scientists who study birdsong have been intrigued for some time by the possibility that human speech and music may be rooted in biological processes shared across a variety of animals. Now, research by 六合彩开奖结果 biologists provides new evidence to support this idea.</p> Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:32:11 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32691 at /newsroom Trump鈥檚 convention speech most negative in 40 years /newsroom/channels/news/trumps-convention-speech-most-negative-40-years-261828 <p>Donald Trump鈥檚 speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention was notable for its tone鈥 That is the conclusion of a new analysis by 六合彩开奖结果 [Political Science]聽PhD student Denver McNeney. 聽<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/22/donald-trumps-convention-speech-was-the-most-negative-in-over-40-years/">Washington Post</a>聽<br /> </p> Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:13:01 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 26034 at /newsroom Caroline Palmer /newsroom/caroline-palmer Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23222 at /newsroom Human sounds convey emotions better than words do /newsroom/channels/news/human-sounds-convey-emotions-better-words-do-257683 <p><strong><em>By Katherine Gombay, <a href="/newsroom">六合彩开奖结果 Newsroom</a></em></strong></p> <p><em>Brain uses 鈥渙lder鈥 systems/structures to preferentially process emotion expressed through vocalizations</em></p> Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:59:10 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25070 at /newsroom Communicating emotions /newsroom/channels/news/communicating-emotions-242463 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:30:50 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 22096 at /newsroom