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Widespread brain connections enable face recognition

Neuroscience NewsMay 4, 2019

The connectivity between the face processing network and other networks associated with the processing of visual, social and auditory cues help predict how well we remember a familiar face.... Read More...

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Brain region discovered that only processes spoken, not written words

Neuroscience NewsMarch 21, 2019

A small, preliminary study helps researchers identify a region of the brain that specializes in the processing of auditory words.... Read More...

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Brain Response to Mom’s Voice Differs in Kids with Autism

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 26, 2019

In children with autism, the sound of their mom's voice creates a weaker brain response than in their peers not on the autism spectrum, a new study reports.... Read More...

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Hearing and Deaf Infants Process Information Differently

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 6, 2019

A new study reports it takes longer for deaf infants to become familiar with new objects. Researchers say the study highlights a difference in how infants process information, even when the information is not auditory in nature.... Read More...

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The Sleeping Brain Remains Attentive to Its Environment

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 15, 2019

Researchers demonstrate our brains can track sounds within the environment as we sleep. The study suggests this ability could allow us to sleep in safety and wake at the correct moment. ... 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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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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Brain Activity Pattern May Be Early Sign of Schizophrenia

Neuroscience NewsNovember 8, 2018

Researchers have identified abnormalities in specific neural networks that may be a biomarker to predict the risk of developing schizophrenia.... 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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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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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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New Insight Into Aging

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 19, 2018

Researchers report plasticity is dysregulated in older brains, but increasing levels of GABA can induce longer lasting changes in the auditory cortex. ... Read More...

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