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Scientists develop a computational approach to understand how infants perceive language
Languages differ in the sounds they use. The Japanese language, for example, does not distinguish between r and l sounds as in rock versus lock. Remarkably, infants become attuned to the sounds of their native language before they learn to speak. One-year-old babies, for example, less readily distinguish between rock and lock when living in an environment where Japanese, rather than English, is spoken.
Influential scientific accounts of this early phonetic learning phenomenon initially proposed that infants group sounds into native vowel- and consonant-like phonetic categories through a statistical clustering mechanism known as distributional learning.
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Languages differ in the sounds they use. The Japanese language, for example, does not distinguish between r and l sounds as in rock versus lock. Remarkably, infants become attuned to the sounds of their native language before they learn to speak. One-year-old babies, for example, less readily distinguish between rock and lock when living in an environment where Japanese, rather than English, is spoken.
Influential scientific accounts of this early phonetic learning phenomenon initially proposed that infants group sounds into native vowel- and consonant-like phonetic categories through a statistical clustering mechanism known as distributional learning.
The idea that infants learn consonant- and vowel-like phonetic categories has been challenged, however, by a new study published this week in the
Aquiles Este working at the intersection of branding and big data
Aquiles Este working at the intersection of branding and big data
Your brand is what other people say about you when you are not in the room – Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon
Agreeing to Mr. Bezos’s words, a brand is something that reflects the core idea and fundamental values behind a company. Consequently, it should be something that impresses people with its quality and reputation in the market. Businesses cannot become brands unless they change their practices and operations. Today, every business aims to transform itself into a specific niche brand but fails miserably when they take matters into their hands. This is where brand consultancy comes into the picture.