Scientists say that pauses in your sentences and trains of thought could reveal a much larger sign of dementia.  New research ...

You probably do it dozens of times a day without thinking: you pause mid-sentence, say “um,” then pick back up. Most ...

Your voice is a reflection of your physical exertion. A new study identified that physical stress alters pitch, intensity, and pause structures long before a listener might notice.

We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

For decades, scientists have known that subtle changes in speech can signal changes in the brain. Using so-called “filler words” such as “um” and “you know” or long pauses are sometimes a quirk of ...

Voice recordings helped predict which patients with mild cognitive impairment developed Alzheimer's dementia in 6 years. The study leveraged AI methods for speech recognition and processed the ...

Those of us who have cared for someone with Alzheimer's disease know all too well the pain of trying to communicate with someone who is losing their language abilities. People with the disease tend to ...