Words with a pleasant sound are easier to remember, a study by the University of Vienna has found. Invented words like "clisious", "smanious" and "drikious" were presented to around 100 ...

Which words do we find beautiful? And do beautifully sounding words stick better in memory? A new study led by linguist ...

Using a series of made-up words, researchers confirmed that the aesthetic appeal of sounds affects their memorability. Put ...

Scientists reveal why certain word sounds feel pleasant and stick in memory, uncovering a deep link between phonemes, beauty, ...

Scientists created fake words to test if sound affects memory. Result: people remembered pleasant-sounding words twice as ...

Which words do we find beautiful? And do beautifully sounding words stick better in memory? A new study led by linguist Theresa Matzinger from the University of Vienna suggests that the phonemic ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

Why are some sounds easier to remember than others? A study on made-up words points to the harsh consonants that also ...

As someone who runs a small business, it can be challenging to get away. Even if I take a vacation, the temptation’s always there to check email, make sure everything is running smoothly, or step in ...

Penny Pexman receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Emiko Muraki does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...