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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 7, 2022·4 min read

Our Brains ‘Time-Stamp’ Sounds to Process the Words We Hear

The brain processes speech by using a buffer, maintaining a "time stamp" of the past three speech sounds. Findings also reveal the brain processes multiple sounds at the same time without mixing up the identity of each sound by passing information between neurons in the auditory cortex.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 4, 2022·3 min read

New Approach in Music Therapy to Help Trace Change in Depression

Changes in observed phatic behaviors, such as movements or vocal pitch during music interaction therapy could provide markers for a person's mental state and help therapists to diagnose and monitor depression in patients.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 24, 2022·5 min read

“That Just Sounds Wrong”: How Our Brains Tell Us When a Sound Is Off

Researchers reveal how the auditory cortex reacts to "wrong" sounds and shed light on auditory memory recall.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·October 18, 2022·5 min read

How the Brain Separates Perception From Memory

While previous studies point to an overlap between perception and memory, a new study finds the two are systematically different.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 26, 2022·5 min read

Long-Term Memories a Matter of Order, Not Just Repetition

The formation of long-term memory relies on intrinsic neurological learning processes and the repetition of events.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·June 13, 2022·4 min read

New Factors Behind Better Vision

Researchers are able to predict how well a person can see based on the unique structure of their primary visual cortex.

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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·April 23, 2022·4 min read

How Do Our Eyes Stay Focused on What We Reach For?

When reaching for a target object, we anchor our gaze to the target of the reach moment, thereby looking at the target for longer periods. This helps make our reach more accurate.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 18, 2022·5 min read

Infant Brain Study Helps Make Case for a Universal US Paid Leave Policy

Paid maternal leave was associated with increased activity of higher-frequency brain waves in children at three months of age.

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·April 7, 2022·5 min read

The Format of Working Memory

Researchers have identified how working memory is formatted, revealing visual memory can be flexible.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·April 6, 2022·5 min read

What Makes Brain Cells Develop in a Specific Order?

Study identified a complete series of ten factors that regulate the development of neurons in a fly's visual system, shedding light on the order in which these neurons develop.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 22, 2022·5 min read

Social Isolation Among Older Adults Linked to Having Fewer Teeth

Socially isolated older adults are more likely to have missing teeth and an accelerated rate of tooth loss compared to those with stronger social networks, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 10, 2021·4 min read

How Do We Learn to Learn?

Cognitive control training that focuses on important factors while ignoring distractions enhances information processing and enables the ability to "learn to learn".

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