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·February 26, 2014·3 min read

In One Ear and Out the Other

Researchers report when it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear as well as things we see.

This is a brain scan image showing the areas of speech recognition.

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·April 30, 2014·6 min read

In Recognizing Speech Sounds, the Brain Does Not Work the Way a Computer Does

A new study could lead to better understanding of how brain processes are disrupted in patients with aphasia.

The image shows a coronal section of a human brain. BA41(red) and BA42(green) are primary auditory cortex.

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·April 30, 2014·5 min read

You Took the Words Right Out of My Brain

A new study reports on the brain's predictive nature when listening to others speak.

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·June 9, 2014·3 min read

Game Technology Teaches Mice and Men to Hear Better in Noisy Environments

Researchers have developed a new type of game that helps train people to enhance their ability to discriminate soft sounds in noisy backgrounds.

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·February 19, 2015·2 min read

New Insights into Underlying Cellular Mechanisms of Information Processing in the Brain

A new study identifies a key factor in regulating information transmission during the early stages of auditory processing.

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·April 27, 2015·3 min read

Mustached Bats Use Both Sides of Brain to Process Sounds

A new study reports mustached bats use both sides of their brains to process different aspects of sounds.

This image shows a parrot and a cut away diagram of the areas of the brain associated with vocal learning.

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·June 24, 2015·6 min read

Pretty Polly! Why Parrots are Great at Vocal Imitation

Researchers have identified structural differences in parrot brains which could explain why they are able to imitate sounds and human speech so well.

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·June 24, 2015·4 min read

Ability to Sort Complex Auditory Signals Aided by Norepinephrine

According to a new study, norepinephrine has a direct and unexpected role in auditory processing of complex sounds.

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·July 14, 2015·5 min read

A New Way To Assess Future Literacy Challenges in Children

According to a new study, the brain's ability to process consonants in a noisy environment could give clues to a child's literacy potential.

This image shows the location of the visual cortex.

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·August 20, 2015·4 min read

Temporary Postnatal Blindness Triggers Lasting Reorganization in the Infant Brain

Researchers report temporary postnatal visual deprivation induces permanent auditory responses in the visual area of the infant's brain.

This is an auditory neuron in cricket brain.

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·September 12, 2015·5 min read

Neural Circuit in the Cricket Brain Detects the Rhythm of the Right Mating Call

Researchers have identifies a brain circuit that allows female crickets to automatically identify the chirps of males through rhythmic pulses in their mating calls.

Drawing of a head with the brain exposed. A person is erasing the area of the frontal cortex.

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·October 2, 2015·4 min read

Memory Sharpening Cancer Drug Could Help Alzheimer’s Patients

A drug currently used to treat cancer appears to sharpen memory. Researchers believe the drug could help people with Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders.