Stories by Anne Pycha

Eating porridge and cheese appears to have changed our bite to enable the vocal tract to produce new sounds

Vocal anatomy may be the reason so few languages use these sounds

New tests show promise for detecting the neurodegenerative condition earlier 

The new tests show promise for detecting the neurodegenerative condition earlier

The link between word sounds and meanings may not be arbitrary after all

New evidence suggests people with autism can recognize feelings and other traits of humanness in voices as well as—or even better than—neurotypical people do

Several recent studies reveal what you say—and how you say it—provide clues about disease

Hip-hop artists understand what our ears forgive

Research shows that some consonants evoke certain shapes no matter what language you speak

Some languages sound faster than others, but most convey information at the same rate

Linguists find that tongue clicks play a larger role in English than previously thought