Why is human culture — the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations — so much more powerful than animal cultures?

First study to reveal the brain encodes pitch accents separately from the sounds that make up words. Heschl’s gyrus region of the brain, an earlier stage of auditory processing, plays a much larger role than previously thought Findings could transform…

Researchers find people interpret verbose statements of atonement as more apologetic than concise ones

New research suggests speech fluency is the primary factor listeners use to judge a speaker's knowledge. The study finds that while gestures aid communication, they cannot compensate for the negative perception caused by verbal stumbles.