Combining music with audio beat stimulation helps reduce anxiety in some people more effectively than listening to music alone.
Hearing loss and epilepsy are early features of Parkinson's disease, a new study reveals.
A new study explores music aversion, finding musical dislike may facilitate identity expression and help demarcate social groups.
Researchers have identified a population of neurons in the auditory cortex that responds to singing, but not any other type of music.
A new study sheds light on auditory perception in bats.
Differences in sound properties, including pitch and timbre, help dogs to recognize the voice of their owners over that of a stranger.
Babies are sensitive to language patterns in the soothing rhymes their parents sing them.
During deep sleep, the presence of an unfamiliar voice elicits more K-complexes, a type of brain wave linked to sensory perturbances during sleep, compared to the sound of a familiar voice.
Natural soundscapes have shaped our sense of hearing, optimizing it for the kinds of sounds we encounter most often.
Study reveals how the brain is able to focus its attention on a single speaker in a crowded, noisy environment.
The noise of traffic and wind farms has an impact on sleep, researchers report. The study revealed the effects of the noise were brief, and most study participants' brain waves returned to baseline sleep activity within thirty seconds of the noises being introduced.
The sound of speech elicits similar neural responses and stimulates the same brain regions in humans, guinea pigs, and macaque monkeys.
