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- 1Sex Differences in Attention Are Present at Birth, Study Finds●Sex differences in attention are present at birth
Researchers at the University of Cambridge report that sex differences in attention can be detected in newborns, suggesting the differences emerge far earlier in development than previously thought. The finding is drawing discussion among readers, with debate likely over what it means for the roles of biology versus environment in shaping cognitive sex differences.
- 2Dog brains split speech into consonants and vowels like ours●Dogs don't just hear our words; their brains split sound into consonants and vowels just like ours, revealing a deep evo
New research suggests dogs process human speech in a way far closer to humans than previously thought: their brains segment sounds into consonants and vowels rather than hearing words as uniform noise. The neural evidence points to an evolutionary kinship in speech processing, suggesting the capacity to break language into its smallest sound units is far older and more widespread among mammals than scientists assumed.