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·November 3, 2015·4 min read

Bach and Chopin Used Human Speech Cues to Convey Emotion in Music

Researchers report Chopin and Bach utilized speech cues to express emotion in their most famous musical compositions.

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·November 2, 2015·3 min read

What the Beep? Infants Link New Communicative Signals to Meaning

Researchers report infants have a social capacity to recognize new communicative signals in their environments.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·October 28, 2015·3 min read

The Right Way to Learn While You Sleep

If you want to learn a new language while you sleep, make sure your brain can do its job undisturbed, a new study suggests.

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·October 9, 2015·3 min read

Speech Processing Difficulties Could Be An Effect of Dyslexia, Not a Cause

Researchers discover learning complex auditory categories through procedural learning is impaired in dyslexia.

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·October 2, 2015·2 min read

Robot May Help Researchers Unlock the Mysteries of Autism

Researchers are using robotic toys to help children with ASD develop language and social skills.

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Featured Neurology

·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.

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Featured Neuroscience

·September 29, 2015·5 min read

Revealing the Brain’s Secrets to Success

New findings link brain connectivity to measures of personal success.

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·September 25, 2015·4 min read

Two Million Year Old Fossils Reveal Hearing Abilities of Early Humans

A 2 million year old fossil reveals the hearing patters of our early ancestors resembled that of chimpanzees, a new study reports.

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·September 25, 2015·4 min read

Pinpointing The Precise Moment Our Brains Convert Speech Sounds to Meaning

A new study reports fine-grained speech processing details can be extracted from electrical brain signals measured through the scalp.

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·September 24, 2015·4 min read

Computer System Learns Language by Playing Games

Researchers have designed a computer system that learns how to play a text-based computer game with no prior assumptions about how language works.

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Featured Neurology

·September 18, 2015·4 min read

A Major Breakthrough in Understanding of Alzheimer’s Disease Reported

A new study sheds light onto a fundamental mechanism underlying the development of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers believe the findings could lead to new forms of therapy for those living with the disease.