After studying the human brain’s reactions to emojis, a research team at the University found our brains interpret emojis the same way they process words. Benjamin Weissman, doctoral student in LAS, ...

Body language is an essential part of communication. While verbal words deliver the surface meaning of a conversation, it is often the unspoken gestures, expressions and posture that reveal the true ...

Microsoft’s Kinect technology, already adept at reading hand and body movements, is incorporating sign language into its motion-sensing vocabulary as part of a new research project meant to help the ...

Suppose you hear someone say, "The man gave the ice cream the child." Does that sentence seem plausible? Or do you assume it is missing a word? Such as: "The man gave the ice cream to the child." ...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the nuisance of communicating in a different language? No more trying to remember your high school French when ...

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has built the first AI speech-to-speech translation system, focusing on unwritten languages. What Happened: On Wednesday, Meta announced the first AI-powered ...

Children with autism can read emotions in body language (Image: Chang Liu/Corbis) The eyes may be windows to the mind, but for children with autism, the body is the better communicator. They are just ...

"I love you so much I could eat you up," a mother might say to her child. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Chances are, the mother will be met with a confused and ...