Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a mechanism that allows spoken dialog systems to learn new words through conversation without overwhelming users with repetitive questions. By ...

New research from Northwestern University shows 15-month-old infants can learn words for objects they've never seen. This ...

Parents and teachers often use flashcards and picture books to teach young children new words, but a new study suggests that understanding basic words may come from a flash of initial insight more ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

In classrooms and homes, words carry more power than we often realise. For children who learn differently, the way we teach ...

Two studies addressed whether children consider speakers' knowledge states when establishing initial word-referent links. In Study 1, forty-eight 3- and 4-year-olds were taught two novel words by a ...

Preschoolers read a lot into writing before they know how to read. Youngsters befuddled by printed squiggles on the pages of a storybook nonetheless understand that a written word, unlike a drawing, ...

Microsoft is said to be preparing to demonstrate AI-powered capabilities for its Microsoft Office apps: Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. The company is reportedly working on integrating advanced ...

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Sometimes life, with the aid of an unrelenting news cycle, can feel like an exercise in parsing out the particular kind of bad we are experiencing. Are we anxious or depressed, lonely or stressed? Tim ...