Some dogs can learn new object names by overhearing human conversation, highlighting advanced learning skills also seen in ...

Ideophones, or words that sound like what they mean—words whose sound evokes the sensory experience they describe, like swish or twinkle—are easier to learn than other words, a new study finds. The ...

Most dog training relies on direct instruction—pointing at a ball and repeating the word “ball” until the association is made ...

A neuroimaging study by a UB psychologist suggests that phonics, a method of learning to read using knowledge of word sounds, shouldn’t be overlooked in favor of a whole-language technique that ...

Babies find it easier to learn words with repetitive syllables rather than mixed sounds, a study suggests. Assessments of language learning in 18-month-olds suggest that children are better at ...

Made-up words like “clisious” and “smanious” are easier to remember when they sound beautiful. Could the feel of a word shape how we learn languages, sell products and even how languages evolve?

A new study suggests that the phonemic composition of words influences as how beautiful we perceive them to be, and how well ...

Some talented dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times, according to a new study. Most dogs do not learn words unless they are extensively trained – but a team of researchers has ...

Learning English can be tricky when words sound the same but mean completely different things. In this video, Claire explains ...