Major, Groundbreaking Increase in Hype in Grant Applications
Major, Groundbreaking Increase in Hype in Grant Applications
Projects funded by the National Institutes of Health increasingly employ subjective and promotional language in describing research, a study finds.
Projects funded by the National Institutes of Health increasingly employ subjective and promotional language in describing research, a study finds.
linguistics
DNA Analyses Illuminate Origins of Farming, Ancestral Languages
Andy Carstens | Aug 26, 2022 | 3 min read
The findings suggest a new hypothesis of Indo-European language evolution.
Ursula Bellugi, Leading Sign Language Neuroscientist, Dies at 91
Lisa Winter | May 11, 2022 | 3 min read
Her research showed that communication via sign language is as neurologically complex as spoken language.
Screams Communicate Human Emotions
Phil Jaekl | Jul 1, 2021 | 5 min read
A group of self-styled screamologists are sifting through the noisiness of nonverbal human vocalizations and finding previously undemonstrated forms of communication.
Amid Criticism, University of Rochester President Steps Down
Kerry Grens | Jan 11, 2018 | 2 min read
Academics had expressed disapproval with the college’s handling of sexual harassment allegations made against a brain sciences professor.