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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 21, 2017·5 min read

Screen Time or Story Time? E-Books Grab Attention of Toddlers and Led to Greater Learning

Toddlers who were read stories from e-book devices pay more attention during story time and showed increased learning than those who were read traditional books, a new study reports.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·June 20, 2017·5 min read

Human Voices Are Unique, But We’re Not That Good at Recognizing Them

When it comes to recognizing different human voices, people often have a very hard time, researchers report.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 20, 2017·5 min read

The Story of Music is the Story of Humans

A new report reveals how the development of music is so closely tied to our own evolution.

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Autism Featured Psychology

·June 15, 2017·4 min read

Music Sessions Can Help Millions Who Struggle to Speak to Lead a Richer Life

Researchers report tailored music sessions may be crucial in helping transform the lives with communication problems, such as those associated with autism, brain damage and stroke.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 13, 2017·4 min read

How Reading Makes Us Move

A new study reveals the role the motor system plays in the perception of language.

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 12, 2017·4 min read

Bilingual Children Are Better at Recognizing Voices

According to researchers, bilingual children perform better at voice recognition and processing than monolingual children.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 12, 2017·6 min read

Socioeconomic Background Linked to Reading Improvement

Dyslexic children of lower socioeconomic status benefit more from summer reading programs than their more affluent peers, a new study reports.

Featured Neurology

·June 8, 2017·4 min read

Neurological Issues May Drive Common Voice Disorders

People with voice disorders may have a problem with correctly utilizing auditory feedback to control their voices.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience

·June 7, 2017·5 min read

Predicting Autism: Study Links Infant Brain Connections to Diagnoses at Age 2

Researchers use MRI data from six month old babies to show how brain regions connect and synchronize. By using neuroimaging, they were able to predict which infants were at higher risk of developing autism and would be diagnosed with ASD by 2 years of age.