FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 19, 2019Perception of musical pitch varies across culturesHow people interpret musical notes depends on the type of music they are culturally accustomed to. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 10, 2019Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitchStudy of macaque monkeys reveals speech and music may have shaped the human brain's auditory networks. Researchers found specific areas of the human brain have a stronger preference for pitch than that of primates, raising the possibility certain sounds, which are embedded in music and speech, may have shaped the organization of our brains. Read More
auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 15, 2019Scientists suss out the secrets of human screamsWhile screams contain certain shared acoustic factors, such as pitch and roughness, they differ in terms of emotional context. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 20, 2019Mandarin Chinese Could Help Us Understand How Infants Learn EnglishA new study considers how lexical tones can affect an infant's ability to associated words with objects. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosneurotechOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 28, 2018‘Music of Speech’ Linked to Brain Area Unique to HumansResearchers reveal the area of the brain that controls our voice box, allowing us to alter the pitch of our speech. The insight could pave the way for advancing neuroprosthetics to allow people who can't speak, to express themselves in a naturalistic way. Read More
auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 22, 2017Pitch Imperfect? How the Brain Decodes Pitch May Improve Cochlear ImplantsA new study provides further evidence of the place code theory of pitch perception and may help with the development of better cochlear implants. Read More
auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 24, 2017How the Human Brain Detects the ‘Music’ of SpeechResearchers at UCSF discover neurons in the superior temporal gyrus change activity depending on where emphasis falls in a sentence. Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 31, 2017Singing Can Provide Understanding of Relationship Between Perceiving and DoingResearchers embark on new research in order to better understand the relationship between sensorimotor action and perception. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 24, 2016Are There Differences in How Speakers of Other Languages Hear Music?Researchers investigate whether speaking a different native language has an effect on how we hear music. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 12, 2016Singing In the Brain: Songbirds’ Vocal Muscles Work Like Humans When SingingA new study reports the vocal muscles of Bengalese finches change function to help produce different parameters of sounds, much like an opera singer. Read More
auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·December 29, 2015Humans Not Alone in How We Perceive Melodic PitchMarmosets share a number of the same auditory features as humans, suggesting human components of pitch perception evolved much earlier than previously thought, a new study reports. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 10, 2015It’s All In The ToneA new study reports on neural communication pathways for prosody. Read More
