April 26, 2022 - SAN FRANCISCO - Most neuroscientists who study music have something in common: they play a musical instrument, in many cases from a young age. Their drive to understand how the brain ...

Working in the APEX Lab , led by cognitive psychologist Howard C. Nusbaum, Chinnappa is trying to decode what words and ...

In general, it would appear obvious that speech and song are distinct and separate forms of communication: We hear speech when people are speaking, and song when they are singing. I was awestruck by ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

My interest in your article on the fine line between speech and song (8 November, p 17) was enriched because I had noticed the inverse transition when learning Mandarin Chinese. My classmates and I ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The English language is full of wonderful ...

Language has long been seen as a defining trait of human intelligence. Unlike the communication systems of other species, ...