Patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) show altered speech patterns and content that could pinpoint symptom severity — and help predict future relapse, two new studies suggest. In the first study ...
If you’re like most people, you probably rely on filler words like “um” and “uh” when speaking, whether you’re presenting at work or talking to old friends over coffee. Use of filler words can be very ...
Everyday speech habits—including saying "um"—may offer clues about how efficiently the brain is functioning. Tiny speech habits—pausing to find a word, saying "uh" or "um," or losing your train of ...
Researchers are increasingly finding that subtle shifts in everyday conversation can flag trouble in the brain long before classic memory problems appear. Instead of relying only on paper-and-pencil ...
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to process natural language, a research group evaluated the characteristics of speech among patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). AI analysis of their data ...
A new analysis suggests that posts in hate speech communities on the social media website Reddit share speech-pattern similarities with posts in Reddit communities for certain psychiatric disorders.
Early on in the evolution of artificial intelligence, researchers realized the power and possibility of machines that are able to understand the meaning and nuances of human speech. Conversation and ...