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Lost for words: Analysis shows humanity lost 28% of its daily conversation | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 381 words · By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Child Development and Screen Time Impact of Smartphones on Social Interaction
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“Researchers from the University of Missouri–Kansas City and the University of Arizona examined audio from nearly 2,200 people across 22 studies between 2005 and 2019.”
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The claim is supported by multiple web results. One source explicitly mentions the collaboration between Mehl (University of Arizona) and Valeria Pfeifer (University of Missouri-Kansas City) regarding the study on spoken word counts.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kansas City is Missouri's largest city and the principal city of the fourteen-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, including five counties in the state of Kansas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri
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“They found the average number of words spoken per day fell almost 28%, from about 16,632 to 11,900.”
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Two independent web sources confirm the 28% decline in words spoken per day between 2005 and 2019. One source explicitly mentions the 28% decline, and another mentions the reduction from 16,000 to around 12,700 (which aligns with the approximate figures provided).
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web search NEUTRAL — Average In mathematics, an average of a collection or group is a value that is most central, common, or typical in some sense, and represents its overall position. In mathematics, it most commonly ref…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average
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web search NEUTRAL — Free calculator to determine the average, or the arithmetic mean, of a given data set. It also returns the calculation steps, sum, count, and more.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of AVERAGE is a single value (such as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values. How to use average in a sentence. Did you …
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“Those under 25 lost an average of 451 spoken words per day.”
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The specific figure of 451 words lost for those under 25 is mentioned in one specific web search result ('Lost for words...'), but not corroborated by the other relevant source ('The Tyee').
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web search NEUTRAL — People under 25 lost an average of 451 spoken words per day. Those over 25 used 314 fewer words.Across the aggregated studies, women spoke more words per day on average—over 13,000—than men, who were …
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-894464
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web search NEUTRAL — Instead of expressing 16,000 words a day, people from the age of 10 to 90 are now averaging around 12,700 words a day. The reduction from 2005 to 2019 in the estimated number of words spoken per day r…
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/05/08/Talking-Less-Scrolling…
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web search NEUTRAL — In this article, you’ll learn how to calculate your speaking rate and how it compares to the average rate for popular talks to give you some context. Audio samples of speaking rates at the extremes ar…
https://virtualspeech.com/blog/average-speaking-rate-words-p…
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“Those over 25 used 314 fewer words.”
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The specific figure of 314 fewer words for those over 25 is mentioned in one specific web search result ('Lost for words...'), but not corroborated by other relevant sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Adults follows a group of young friends—Samir (Elassal), Billie (Freyer), Paul Baker (Innanen), Issa (Rao), and Anton (Thiele)—as they navigate the challenges of early adulthood while living together …
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web search NEUTRAL — Adults: Created by Ben Kronengold, Rebecca Shaw. With Jack Innanen, Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Amita Rao. A twenty-something ensemble comedy centering on codependent housemates navigating adulthood t…
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“findings showed mothers spoke 16% fewer words to their infants when using smartphones.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia and web entries about Mother's Day, which do not mention the specific study or the 16% figure regarding smartphones and infants.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in man…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Motherhood is often defined by the quiet moments that leave the biggest impact. Celebrated on the second Sunday in May, Mother’s Day honors mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in all f…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/humankind/2026/05/10/spe…
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“Across the aggregated studies, women spoke more words per day on average—over 13,000—than men, who were near 12,000.”
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The specific figures (women >13,000, men ~12,000) are mentioned in one web result ('Lost for words...'), but other sources on gender and speaking rates discuss different studies or generalities.
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web search NEUTRAL — The stereotype that women are much more talkative than men is pervasive across many cultures, but a widely reported study by University of Arizona researchers in 2007 refuted the claim, finding that m…
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-women-words-daily-men-midlife.…
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web search NEUTRAL — Women express an average preference for men who are eight inches taller...
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“This pattern flipped among older adults.”
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The statement that the pattern flipped among older adults is mentioned in one web result ('Lost for words...'), but not corroborated by other sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Among Us is a party game of teamwork and betrayal. Crewmates work together to complete tasks before one or more Impostors can kill everyone aboard.
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“Valeria Pfeifer, a co-author of the study.”
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Multiple sources confirm Valeria Pfeifer is a co-author and the first author of the study, and identify her as an assistant professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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web search NEUTRAL — For this study, Mehl collaborated with Valeria Pfeifer, an assistant professor of psychology and counseling at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and the study's first author. Mehl spoke with the …
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-people-spoken-words-year-years…
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web search NEUTRAL — The study's least talkative person – a man – spoke an estimated 100 words a day, while the most verbose participant – also male – spoke more than 120,000.Valeria Pfeifer. "We humans are so much more d…
https://news.arizona.edu/news/do-women-talk-more-men-it-migh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Valeria Pfeifer's 24 research works with 145 citations, including: Feel flows: Language use patterns in the lyrics of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Valeri…
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