Language

Even though preparing words and sentences takes a long time, people usually respond very quickly in conversation. How is that possible?

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you wanted to say something, but simply could not find the words you were looking for? That’s what people with aphasia experience all the time.

Videoconferencing is often experienced as more exhausting than live meetings, but why is that?

Research shows that with supposedly neutral terms we still automatically think of men.

It appears that drinking a glass of champagne does not impair your pronunciation in a second language, and sometimes even improves it.

From flatulence to river: experts and laymen don’t always agree about the meaning of words.

All kinds of well-known Dutch people have been in the news recently who “wanted to

Imagine having a casual conversation and your conversation partner suddenly sniffs… No need to run

Have you ever heard of the claim that 93% of communication is nonverbal? This often-repeated claim states that 55% of what you communicate comes from your facial expressions, 38% from your tone of voice, and the words you speak are only responsible for 7%. Although non-verbal communication is of course important, these numbers are not true at all. What is wrong with them? And where do they come from?

The current pandemic has us keeping our distance to reduce contagion, but is the physical distance affecting our social interactions? And how is it changing the way we speak?