Language

Recent studies have found that the elderly may respond more slowly to specific tasks, but not because their cognitive skills are slower. Christie Nicholson reports

Prominent biologist Robert Trivers probes the deep origins of deceit and offers a solution to the Darwinian paradox of self-deception

Adults and children hear their own voice and use it as feedback to monitor their speech, but it seems that young toddlers do not. Christie Nicholson reports

What used to be thought of as a symptom of a speech disorder might now be a hot trend in vocal style among rock stars and young women. Christie Nicholson reports

And boost your social skills to boot

Research shows that older people can make better decisions if they rely more on their emotions

An account of Stanley Milgram's experiments from 1962, in which Norwegians and Frenchmen were separately subjected to synthetic group pressure

Mouse study suggests that mutation to FOXP2 gene may have helped humans learn the muscle movements for speech.

A new app may help birders identify species just by sound

Exploring the science of emotional residues

Programmers continue to plug humorous gems into everyday software

Certain character traits influence people's willingness to apologize