A song's lyrics have an effect on our ability to process musical pitch, but not necessarily due to the meaningfulness of the words.
Natural soundscapes have shaped our sense of hearing, optimizing it for the kinds of sounds we encounter most often.
How people interpret musical notes depends on the type of music they are culturally accustomed to.
Study 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.
While screams contain certain shared acoustic factors, such as pitch and roughness, they differ in terms of emotional context.
A new study considers how lexical tones can affect an infant's ability to associated words with objects.
Researchers 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.
A new study provides further evidence of the place code theory of pitch perception and may help with the development of better cochlear implants.
Researchers at UCSF discover neurons in the superior temporal gyrus change activity depending on where emphasis falls in a sentence.
Researchers embark on new research in order to better understand the relationship between sensorimotor action and perception.
Researchers investigate whether speaking a different native language has an effect on how we hear music.
A new study reports the vocal muscles of Bengalese finches change function to help produce different parameters of sounds, much like an opera singer.
