Scientists created fake words to test if sound affects memory. Result: people remembered pleasant-sounding words twice as often as harsh ones.
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 ...
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 ...
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A Study On Nonsense Words Yields Odd Connection Between Curse Word Sounds And Memory
Why are some sounds easier to remember than others? A study on made-up words points to the harsh consonants that also dominate profanity.
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