Matthias R Mehl
researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2698-5007)
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At first I said, ‘That can’t be right. We need to go back and check the data again,
- Mehl recallsTimetime.com/article/2026…
We estimated the difference at about 330 fewer words spoken per day for each year during that time period,
- says Matthias Mehl, a professor of social psychology at the University of ArizonaTimetime.com/article/2026…
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The Number of Words You Say in a Day Is Shrinking
Timetime.com/article/2026…Smartphones and social media are partly to blame and some spoken conversations may have gone digital, perhaps to AI chatbots — but the decline has also been seen for less tech-savvy older adults
The Independentindependent.co.uk/life/style…