Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 30, 2021·5 min readStruggling to Learn a New Language? Blame It on Your Stable BrainA new study may answer why it is so difficult for us to learn a second language as we enter adulthood.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 19, 2021·4 min readRattlesnake Rattles Trick Human EarsAs potential threats approach, rattlesnakes increase the rate of rattling. The switch to a high-frequency mode makes people think the snake is closer to them than it actually is.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 18, 2021·5 min readSounds and Words Are Processed Separately and Simultaneously in the BrainAuditory and speech processing occurs in parallel in the brain, researchers report. The findings contradict the belief that the brain processes auditory information before transferring it into linguistic information.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 16, 2021·4 min readHow (And Where) The Brain Analyzes Math and Language Spoken SimultaneouslyStudy reveals how the brain analyzes different types of speech which may be linked to how we comprehend sentences and calculate mathematical equations.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 3, 2021·3 min readSimlish Is Less Distracting Than English in Background Music During a ConversationBackground music in Simlish, an unintelligible language used in the popular game The Sims, allow people to better listen to and understand each other than when the songs are in English, researchers say.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 2, 2021·3 min readLearning Foreign Languages Can Affect the Processing of Music in the BrainLearning a new language can affect musical processing in children, researchers report. Findings support the theory that musical and linguistic functions are closely linked in the developing brain.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 22, 2021·4 min readWhen Drums Talk – What Happens When the Speech and the Music Sound Similar?Listeners rely on a number of acoustic features to make the distinction between drum music and drum "speech".Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·July 22, 2021·3 min readDifficulty Hearing Speech Could Be a Risk Factor for DementiaOlder adults who experience difficulty hearing speech against a noisy background have a significantly higher risk of developing dementia.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·July 9, 2021·3 min readVocal Music Boosts the Recovery of Language Functions After StrokeStroke survivors who listened to vocal music had improved recovery of structural connectivity of language networks in the left frontal lobe compared to those who listened to audiobooks.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·July 9, 2021·3 min readHitting the Right Note: Even Professional Singers Tend to Overestimate the Accuracy of Their Own PerformanceProfessional singers are surprisingly inaccurate when rating their own pitch accuracy. Most tend to overestimate their performance, especially if they are more accomplished musicians.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·July 9, 2021·5 min readUnderstanding Our Perception of RhythmWhen perceiving rhythm, the brain makes two separate decisions based on grouping and prominence. The groupings mutually inform each other to generate an overall rhythmic perception.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·July 3, 2021·5 min readStudy Pinpoints Role of Dopamine in Songbird’s Brain PlasticityDopamine drives neuroplasticity in the auditory pallium region of the zebra finch brain, researchers report.Read More