Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Results of a study show the sound of a name might be one additional source of bias in hiring decisions. When people don’t have a ...

Symbolism in Nez Perce / Haruo Aoki -- Nootkan vocative vocalism and its implications / William H. Jacobsen -- Relative motivation in denotational and indexical sound symbolism of Wasco-Wishram ...

Imagine you’re hiring someone for a job that requires a very kind, agreeable and co-operative person. You have two candidates and all you know about them are their names: Renee and Greta. Who do you ...

During the pandemic, many of us have felt our stress levels rise every time we hear the word “virus”. But few people realise that just the sound of the word virus alone is likely to raise the blood ...

Imagine you're hiring someone for a job that requires a very kind, agreeable and co-operative person. You have two candidates and all you know about them are their names: Renee and Greta. Who do you ...