Inna Vorobei
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PhD linguist turned science journalist. Sharing the wonder of science & the mystery of languages.
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Inna Vorobei
Michael Greshko
26 days ago
Many thanks to Tom Metcalfe and
@livescience.com
for their coverage of my recent paper on the Voynich Manuscript:
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
You can read the full open-access paper describing the Naibbe cipher here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Mysterious Voynich manuscript may be a cipher, a new study suggests
A newly invented cipher may shed light on how the mysterious Voynich manuscript was made in medieval times.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-voynich-manuscript-may-be-a-cipher-a-new-study-suggests
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What if a country’s wealth begins… with fairy tales? Not a metaphor. A real scientific study on culture, folklore, and economic growth 🧵👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Once Upon a Time: Introducing the Historical Values Survey
This article introduces the Historical Values Survey. It contains information on historically prevalent values and norms encouraging cooperation, altruism, work
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5378791
27 days ago
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А что, если богатство стран начинается… со сказок? Это не метафора. Реальное научное исследование про культуру, фольклор и экономический рост 🧵👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Once Upon a Time: Introducing the Historical Values Survey
This article introduces the Historical Values Survey. It contains information on historically prevalent values and norms encouraging cooperation, altruism, work
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5378791
27 days ago
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🧵1/ Do modern hits feel more depressive and simplistic than music from past decades? That’s not nostalgia — data confirms it. Researchers analyzed 20,000 Billboard Hot 100 lyrics across 50 years (1973–2023).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-28327-5
about 1 month ago
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🧵1/ Кажется, что современные хиты стали более депрессивными и примитивными? Это не ощущение — это подтверждают данные. Учёные проанализировали 20 000 текстов песен Billboard за 50 лет (1973–2023).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-28327-5
about 1 month ago
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The Voynich Manuscript is one of the greatest mysteries in history. A 15th-century book, written in an unknown script, filled with strange plants—and a text that has defeated cryptographers, linguists, and even AI. It seems
@michaelgreshko.bsky.social
may have come closer than anyone before🧵
about 1 month ago
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Рукопись Войнича — одна из самых загадочных книг в истории. XV век, неизвестный алфавит, странные растения и текст, который не смогли расшифровать ни криптографы, ни лингвисты, ни ИИ. Но, кажется,
@michaelgreshko.bsky.social
ближе всех подобрался к разгадке🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01611194.2025.2566408
about 1 month ago
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Do AI Chatbots Really Help Us Learn Languages? A Breakdown of 30 Studies 1️⃣ AI chatbots for language learning — hype or real value? Researchers analyzed 30 studies (2020–2024). And the results turned out to be far more serious than what ads promise. 👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.am...
about 2 months ago
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Чат-боты для изучения языков — хайп или реальная польза? Учёные проанализировали 30 исследований (2020–2024). И выводы оказались куда серьёзнее, чем реклама в соцсетях. 👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.am...
about 2 months ago
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What or Who are we actually talking to when we write to ChatGPT? 🤖💬 1️⃣When we open a chat and type: “Hi, ChatGPT,” — what are we really writing to? And what is replying to us? Who is on the other side? 👀 An algorithm? A model? A server? Or… something else?
2 months ago
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С кем мы на самом деле разговариваем, когда пишем ChatGPT? 🤖💬 1️⃣Когда мы открываем чат и пишем: «Привет, ChatGPT», — кому мы в реальности пишем? И что нам отвечает? Кто там вообще на той стороне? 👀 Алгоритм? Модель? Сервер? Или… что-то другое?
philarchive.org/archive/CHAW...
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https://philarchive.org/archive/CHAWWT-8
2 months ago
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Sperm Whales and Their Almost-Human Speech 1️⃣Sperm whale communication is far more complex than we thought. And here’s the wild part — it actually sounds surprisingly close to human speech. Yes, really. Researchers from the CETI project just found vowel-like features in whale clicks. 🐋🔊
2 months ago
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1️⃣ Коммуникация кашалотов оказалась куда сложнее, чем мы думали. И самое удивительное — она звучит намного ближе к человеческой речи. Исследователи проекта CETI нашли в щелчках китов… аналог гласных. 🐋🔊
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reposted by
Inna Vorobei
Maria Ryskina
4 months ago
🧠 This paper is a part of my first brain project, and I had a lot of fun working on it with the amazing
@gretatuckute.bsky.social
,
@alexanderfung.bsky.social
, Ashley Malkin, and
@evfedorenko.bsky.social
! Paper link:
arxiv.org/abs/2508.11536
Code+data:
github.com/ryskina/conc...
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Language models align with brain regions that represent concepts across modalities
Cognitive science and neuroscience have long faced the challenge of disentangling representations of language from representations of conceptual meaning. As the same problem arises in today's language...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11536
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reposted by
Inna Vorobei
Rodrigo Braga
4 months ago
📣 New preprint from the Braga Lab! 📣 The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning? Thread 🧵 ⬇️
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🧵 1. Что, если устойчивость к свинцу подарила нам язык? Новое исследование в Science Advances предполагает: воздействие свинца миллионы лет назад могло повлиять на эволюцию мозга и языка у древних людей.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Impact of intermittent lead exposure on hominid brain evolution
Lead exposure, as influenced by NOVA1 expression, affected brain function in multiple hominid species.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr1524
3 months ago
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🧵 1. What if resistance to lead gave us language? A new study in Science Advances suggests that exposure to lead millions of years ago may have shaped the evolution of the human brain and language.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Impact of intermittent lead exposure on hominid brain evolution
Lead exposure, as influenced by NOVA1 expression, affected brain function in multiple hominid species.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr1524
3 months ago
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🧵 What Makes Us Truly Human? (Thread) 1️⃣ What really sets humans apart from animals? Language? Consciousness? Self-awareness? According to a new scientific paper — something deeper: Our ability to tell stories. 👇
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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Frontiers | Bridging consciousness to our narrative brain: evolutionary insights
Introduction There is a long tradition of (attempts at) bridging language and consciousness. Both are human-specific traits, even with precursors in other sp...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1691355/full
4 months ago
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What does hate speech do to our brains? 🧠 Spoiler: it rewires our brains — and not in a good way. Thread on a new study 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Exposure to hate speech deteriorates neurocognitive mechanisms of the ability to understand others’ pain - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Exposure to hate speech deteriorates neurocognitive mechanisms of the ability to understand others’ pain
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31146-1
4 months ago
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Что делает язык ненависти с нашим мозгом? 🧠 Спойлер: он перепрошивает наш мозг. И не самым лучшим образом Тред о новом исследовании👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Exposure to hate speech deteriorates neurocognitive mechanisms of the ability to understand others’ pain - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Exposure to hate speech deteriorates neurocognitive mechanisms of the ability to understand others’ pain
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31146-1
4 months ago
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What language did the Huns speak? 🤔 You won’t believe it! They stormed into Europe in the 4th century, terrified the Roman Empire, and made Attila a legend. But who were they really — and what language did they use?
#History
#Linguistics
4 months ago
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На каком языке говорили гунны? Вы не поверите! Гунны появились в Европе в IV веке, навели ужас на Римскую империю и сделали Аттилу легендой. Но кем они были — и на каком языке говорили?
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-968X.12321
4 months ago
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🧵 What happens to languages when peoples meet? 🌍 Spoiler: they start borrowing not just words, but structure. 👇
4 months ago
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🧵 Что происходит с языками, когда встречаются народы? 🌍 Спойлер: они начинают заимствовать друг у друга даже структуру, а не только слова.
4 months ago
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🧬 How ancient DNA explains the origins of Finnish and Hungarian languages? A new genetic study sheds light on the origins of Uralic languages — like Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian — and even the mysterious Yeniseian family, now spoken only by the Kets in Siberia.
6 months ago
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reposted by
Inna Vorobei
Cedric Boeckx
8 months ago
Delighted to announce the publication of a collaborative effort, co-led by
@limorraviv.bsky.social
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
, showcasing the ways in which researchers have made language evolution an empirical issue: A handbook of experimental approaches to the fascinating problem of language evolution 🧪
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🧬 Как древняя ДНК объясняет, откуда пришли финский и венгерский языки? 👇 Новое генетическое исследование проливает свет на происхождение уральских языков — например, финского, эстонского, венгерского и даже енисейского (на нём сегодня говорят только кеты).
6 months ago
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Did you know ancient Assyrians felt happiness in their liver, not their heart? 🤯 Recent research mapped emotions in Neo-Assyrian texts (934–612 BCE), revealing how they linked feelings to body parts. Anger? In the feet. Love? In the knees. 🦵💖
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
about 1 year ago
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Знаете ли вы, что древние ассирийцы ощущали счастье в печени, а не в сердце? 🤯 Недавнее исследование показало, как в текстах Новоассирийской империи (934–612 гг. до н.э.) эмоции связывались с частями тела. Гнев? В стопах.🦶 Любовь? В коленях. 🦵💖 Credit:
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
about 1 year ago
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reposted by
Inna Vorobei
Olga Ivanova
about 1 year ago
An impressive thread on how brain changes depending on the age of onset of a disorder
add a skeleton here at some point
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Глиняные цилиндрики из Сирии переписывают историю алфавита! Надписи на них датируются 2400 г. до н.э., что на 500 лет старше первых известных алфавитов. Почему этот алфавит не распространился? Загадка, меняющая историю письма! 📸CREDIT: Glenn Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University Ссылка на Patreon ⬇️
about 1 year ago
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