Your voice is a reflection of your physical exertion. A new study identified that physical stress alters pitch, intensity, and pause structures long before a listener might notice.

These are all examples of speech patterns generally assigned to young women and often stereotyped to imply a lack of ...

You are halfway through a job interview, reaching for the right word, and it slips out: “um.” The hiring manager’s eyebrow ...

You probably do it dozens of times a day without thinking: you pause mid-sentence, say “um,” then pick back up. Most ...

The little pauses, “ums,” and moments when you struggle to find the right word may reveal far more about your brain than ...

We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

Those of us who have cared for someone with Alzheimer's disease know all too well the pain of trying to communicate with someone who is losing their language abilities. People with the disease tend to ...