The Curious Marmoset. Here, Charlie stares at his reflection, wondering: “Hmmm, how does my tongue work?”. Photographed by Mohammad Amin Fakharian, Shadmehr Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University.

Most people don't give a second thought to how their tongue moves. But the powerful muscle can go beyond speech. One professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) is capitalizing on this ...

At the University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health, a researcher connects copper electrodes to the face of a person with a cochlear implant. The technology is called electromagnetic articulography ...

A cramp or spasm happens when a muscle contracts involuntarily. It’s a very common sensation that many of us experience from time to time. Because there are several muscles that control the movements ...

We use our tongue to shape the air and generate sounds to communicate, and we use our tongue to evaluate food morsels and transport them through the oral cavity when eating. These skillful acts ...