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·June 2, 2022·3 min read

Shedding New Light on Human Brain Organization

A new map of the human brain reveals cells, receptors, and gene activity change along the same boundaries.

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·March 28, 2022·2 min read

Stimulating the Auditory Cortex Improves Speech Perception

Stimulating a part of the auditory cortex called the planum temporale improved speech perception, researchers report.

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·February 24, 2022·5 min read

New Information About the Effects of Sleep on the Human Brain

Study sheds light on how various types of pulsations in the brain change while a person sleeps.

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·February 22, 2022·6 min read

Singing in the Brain

Researchers have identified a population of neurons in the auditory cortex that responds to singing, but not any other type of music.

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·November 9, 2021·5 min read

Listening to Favorite Music Improves Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Performance in Alzheimer’s Patients

Repeatedly listening to personally meaningful music induced brain plasticity and improved cognitive function for patients with mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

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·August 18, 2021·5 min read

Sounds and Words Are Processed Separately and Simultaneously in the Brain

Auditory 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.

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·May 24, 2021·5 min read

Supersensitive Connection Causes Hatred of Noises

Increased connectivity between the auditory cortex and motor control areas related to the mouth, face, and throat, could be a key feature in identifying misophonia, a condition marked by extreme reactions to "trigger sounds", such as other people chewing.

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·May 7, 2021·5 min read

How We Retrieve Our Knowledge About the World

Our concepts of people, objects, and events are composed of sensory impressions and actions associated with them, in addition to abstract symbol-like features.

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·April 7, 2021·3 min read

Brain Regions Respond to Familiar and Unfamiliar Music, Even Without Musical Training

Passive exposure to music is enough to drive the development of music selectivity.

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·March 29, 2021·3 min read

Why the Brain Enjoys Music

Interaction between auditory areas of the brain and the reward system drive pleasure when we listen to music.

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·February 12, 2021·5 min read

Sounds Influence the Developing Brain Earlier Than Previously Thought

Mouse study reveals sound appears to alter connectivity in auditory processing areas earlier in development than previously thought; even before the ear canal opens.

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·December 28, 2020·3 min read

Music-Induced Emotions Can Be Predicted From Brain Scans

Based on the activity in the auditory cortex and motor cortex, researchers were able to predict whether a participant was listening to music that was upbeat or sad.

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auditory cortex

Shedding New Light on Human Brain Organization

Stimulating the Auditory Cortex Improves Speech Perception

New Information About the Effects of Sleep on the Human Brain

Singing in the Brain

Listening to Favorite Music Improves Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Performance in Alzheimer’s Patients

Sounds and Words Are Processed Separately and Simultaneously in the Brain

Supersensitive Connection Causes Hatred of Noises

How We Retrieve Our Knowledge About the World

Brain Regions Respond to Familiar and Unfamiliar Music, Even Without Musical Training

Why the Brain Enjoys Music

Sounds Influence the Developing Brain Earlier Than Previously Thought

Music-Induced Emotions Can Be Predicted From Brain Scans

How the Brain Maps Every Number

Non-Drug Breakthrough for Postpartum Depression

Cancer Drug Halts Fragile Brain Bleeds

Astrocyte Subtypes Drive Synapse Formation and Memory

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