Tonality, Vocal Intonation, Speech, Speaking, Language, Words

How do we sound credible? Dr. Sicola shows how your vocal delivery influences how your message is received, and how to use it to your advantage. Watch Laura Sicola’s talk to learn how to hone your “vocal executive presence” and make your desired vocal impact. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02EJ1IdC6tE   Tonality, vocal intonation, speech, language, and words are … Read more

FREQUENCIES (2013) movie premieres memes of sing-song sounds, lyrical control words, and ancient aural technologies

Far more deeply interesting than the shallow, mindless write-ups and reviews would indicate. This movie touches on themes of mind, body, and soul as relating to resonance, vibration, speech and lyrical control. Dissonance between two erstwhile kindred spirits is finally overcome with old technology (made new again) that applies trigger words, sounds, and two-syllable phonemes … Read more

Language universals at birth

The evolution of human languages is driven both by primitive biases present in the human sensorimotor systems and by cultural transmission among speakers. However, whether the design of the language faculty is further shaped by linguistic biological biases remains controversial. To address this question, we used near-infrared spectroscopy to examine whether the brain activity of … Read more

Dr. Erich Jarvis: The Neuroscience of Speech, Language & Music | Huberman Lab Podcast #87

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVxL_p_kToc Dr. Erich Jarvis is a prominent neuroscientist known for his groundbreaking research on the neuroscience of speech, language, and music. His work has contributed significantly to our understanding of how the brain processes and produces these complex forms of communication. Here’s an overview of Dr. Erich Jarvis’s contributions to this field: 1. **Birdsong Research**: … Read more

Music, Language, Knowledge, Wisdom & Spirit of Ancient Ireland

Gerard Banks sharing knowledge and speaking openly about the ancient spirit, wisdom and culture of the ancient Irish, our natural language and our ancient spiritual connection to earth and the rest of the ancient world not only Ancient Egypt but also ancient connections to the Moai and New Zealand Maori people. Covering topics from spirituality … Read more

Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain by Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Cognitive Scientist, and Linguist at Harvard University How did humans acquire language? In this lecture, best-selling author Steven Pinker introduces you to linguistics, the evolution of spoken language… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-B_ONJIEcE   “Language as a Window into Human Nature” is a lecture series by Steven Pinker, a cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science … Read more