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The experiments did not involve SARS-CoV-2, but researchers say the results support precautions to avoid possibly spreading COVID-19 by talking.

The technology, tested out on patients with epilepsy who already had electrodes implanted in their brains, is currently limited to 30–50 sentences.

The surprising finding comes courtesy of two study participants with implanted electrode arrays that record activity at single-neuron resolution.

Neural activity associated with the meaning of words is independent of whether those words are read or listened to, a study finds.

The proof-of-concept study could be a step toward better assisted communication devices for paralyzed people.

AI models can pick up subtle alterations in linguistic and vocal attributes of spoken language that may be indicative of failing health.

A proof-of-principle study raises hopes that technology can give a voice to paralyzed people unable to speak.

Drastic dietary changes during the agricultural revolution altered the configuration of the human bite, paving the way for new sounds in spoken language, a new study finds.

A longitudinal study tracking the progress of an epilepsy patient after surgery shows the brain’s ability to reorganize itself to function nearly normally.

Regardless of parental income and education, children who engage in more two-way conversation with their parents learn better.

Contrary to earlier results, FOXP2 did not undergo a “selective sweep” as humans developed language, a study finds.

Evolutionary changes in both the vocal tract and the brain were necessary for humans’ remarkable gift of gab.

People have a unique anatomy that supports our ability to produce complex language.

The cells are crucial to detecting emphasis, sarcasm, and uptalk in human conversation.

Anatomical analysis suggests monkeys possess all the hardware for human-like speech, they just lack the neurological capacity to use it.

Captive ape produces more than 500 vowel-like sounds, offering clues to how speech evolved in humans.

Dogs tend to turn to the left when they hear emotional speech-like sounds, and right when they hear verbal commands from a robot.

Recent results are as puzzling as they are beguiling, dredging up debates about the nature of language and the ability of a single gene to affect it so greatly.