Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 22, 2018·5 min readSubtle Hearing Loss While Young Alters Brain FunctionResearchers report subtle hearing loss during youth may pave the way to developing dementia later in life. The study reveals those with subtle hearing loss have altered activity in the right frontal cortex.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 3, 2018·4 min readCrocodiles Listen to Classical Music in MRI ScannerExposing crocodiles to a variety of auditory and visual stimuli while in an MRI, researchers discover their brain processing patterns resemble that of other mammals and birds. The researchers speculate the fundamental mechanisms of sensory processing were formed at an early evolutionary stage.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 17, 2017·5 min readResearchers Discover the Brain is Strobing, Not ConstantAccording to researchers, perception is cyclical. In a new study, researchers report that, much like visual perception, auditory perception and attention are rhythmic in nature.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePain·November 16, 2017·4 min readNew Painkillers Reduce Overdose RiskResearchers have developed a new pain killer that is on par with conventional opioids, but does not affect respiration, which is the main cause of opioid overdose.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 14, 2017·6 min readMusic Training Changes Children’s Brain Structure and Boosts Decision Making NetworkIn as little as two years of learning, music can change the structure of the brain's white matter and boost networks implicated in decision making in children, USC researchers report.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 11, 2017·4 min readHow the Brain Encodes SoundsResearchers report the auditory cortex may encode noises differently that was previously thought.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceBrain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 7, 2017·3 min readInner Ear Stem Cells May Someday Restore HearingResearchers report a promising treatment for reversing deafness, that converts inner ear stem cells to auditory neurons, may increase cancer risk as the process can make the cells divide too quickly.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 31, 2017·4 min readDetecting Dyslexia Risks Before Learning to ReadA new study links auditory processing and a child's reading skill. Researchers hope their findings could provide an early diagnostic tool for dyslexia.Read More
