words
Here's why words too have an emotional meaning
The brain usually determines whether an image or word is positive or negative after about 200 to 300 milliseconds.
Here's what makes certain words funny
Upchuck, bubby, boff, wriggly, yaps, giggle, cooch, guffaw, puffball, and jiggly, are the top 10 funniest words in the English language.
Suicide prevention: When words are at play
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued guidelines for news coverage of suicides.
Babies recognise words even before learning to speak them
True word learning requires making connections between speech and world around us and learning how different words relate to each other.
Find out what she wants to hear in bed
The study, by Forktip, asked 5,000 straight women the words and phrases they’d most like their partner to say in bed.
Words can change views more effectively than images
Whether it is through traditional or social media, print or television, most of us are exposed to powerful news images on a daily basis.
Swear words use increasing in American literature: study
American authors used the seven risqué words 28 times more often in the mid-2000s than the early 1950s.