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Researchers Report Findings From Havana Embassy Phenomenon

Neuroscience NewsDecember 12, 2018

Researchers present their findings about the acute neurosensory symptoms experienced by workers in the Havana embassy exposed to a unique sound and pressure phenomenon in 2016. ... Read More...

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Developing Brains of Preterm Babies Benefit From Caffeine Therapy

Neuroscience NewsDecember 12, 2018

A new study reveals caffeine therapy appears to have benefits for healthy brain development in children born prematurely. Researchers report preterm babies given caffeine therapy had better cognitive scores, reduced odds of cerebral palsy and less hearing impairments as toddlers. ... Read More...

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Being Yelled At: Our Brain on Alert in a Flash

Neuroscience NewsDecember 7, 2018

Researchers report our brain is on high alert while listening to voices, finding we respond much faster to vocal aggression than normal or happy voices. The reason, researchers say, could be that our attention is more focused on threatening voices to help us recognize the location of a potential threat.... Read More...

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How Sounds Going Through Our Ears Become the Words Going Through Our Brains

Neuroscience NewsNovember 29, 2018

A new study reveals how the brain processes sound and how quickly neurons transition from processing the sound of speech to the language based words.... Read More...

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Real Time MRI Shows How Beatboxers Produce Sound

Neuroscience NewsNovember 14, 2018

A new study uses real time MRI data to observe the vocal tracts of beatboxers before they produce a sound to see if the movements are different from speech.... Read More...

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Dynamic Audiovisuals Increase Spectator Attention, But Inhibit Conscious Processing

Neuroscience NewsNovember 12, 2018

Study reports audiovisual editing causes an increase in activity in visual processing areas, while continuous and orderly editing produces more cognitive processing activity.... Read More...

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Preschool Children Show Awake Response to Naptime Nonsense Words

Neuroscience NewsNovember 8, 2018

A new EEG study reveals that, during sleep, the brain still processes and stores auditory information.... Read More...

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Music Improves Social Communication in Children with ASD

Neuroscience NewsNovember 5, 2018

A new study reports children on the autism spectrum who participate in musical activities have significantly improved social communication skills than those who are not exposed to music therapy.... Read More...

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Just How Blind Are Bats?

Neuroscience NewsOctober 18, 2018

Researchers report not all bats are blind, but some have selected superior acoustic abilities over vision through evolution.... Read More...

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How Dogs Process Words

Neuroscience NewsOctober 16, 2018

A new neuroimaging study reveals how dogs process words they have been taught to associate with objects. Findings suggest dogs have a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught.... Read More...

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Reading is a Team Lift As Different Brain Parts Work Together to Predict Proficiency

Neuroscience NewsOctober 3, 2018

Researchers report the extent sensory specific parts of the brain connect functionally as a network during child development can help to predict their reading proficiency.... Read More...

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Familiar Voices are Easier to Understand, Even if We Don’t Recognize Them

Neuroscience NewsOctober 1, 2018

Researchers report familiar voices are easier than those of a stranger to understand, even when the familiar voice is manipulated and the listener can not identify the voice.... Read More...

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News

Alzheimer’s Protein Accidentally Transmitted to Patients Via Discontinued Medical Treatments

Santa’s Watching: Threat of Being on Naughty List Doesn’t Work For Many Kids

Researchers Find Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Developing Brain

Neuroscience

Alzheimer’s Protein Accidentally Transmitted to Patients Via Discontinued Medical Treatments

Researchers Find Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Developing Brain

Neurology

Alzheimer’s Protein Accidentally Transmitted to Patients Via Discontinued Medical Treatments

Intellectually Active Lifestyle Protects Against Neurodegeneration in Huntington’s

How Teens Deal with Stress May Affect Immune System

AI

Researchers Find Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Developing Brain

Genetic Changes Associated with Physical Activity

Editing Consciousness: How Bereaved People Control Their Thoughts Without Knowing It

Robotics

Researchers 3D Print Prototype for a ‘Bionic Eye’

Improvement if Humanlike Conversations in Humanoid Robots

Psychology

Santa’s Watching: Threat of Being on Naughty List Doesn’t Work For Many Kids

Researchers Find Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Developing Brain

auditory neuroscience

Researchers Report Findings From Havana Embassy Phenomenon

Developing Brains of Preterm Babies Benefit From Caffeine Therapy

Being Yelled At: Our Brain on Alert in a Flash

How Sounds Going Through Our Ears Become the Words Going Through Our Brains

Real Time MRI Shows How Beatboxers Produce Sound

Preschool Children Show Awake Response to Naptime Nonsense Words

Just How Blind Are Bats?

How Dogs Process Words

Reading is a Team Lift As Different Brain Parts Work Together to Predict Proficiency

Familiar Voices are Easier to Understand, Even if We Don’t Recognize Them