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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·July 21, 2022·6 min read

          Detection of Pitch Errors in Well-Known Songs

          A song's lyrics have an effect on our ability to process musical pitch, but not necessarily due to the meaningfulness of the words.
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          This shows a woman's head surrounded by music notes
          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·December 20, 2021·5 min read

          Perfecting Pitch Perception

          Natural soundscapes have shaped our sense of hearing, optimizing it for the kinds of sounds we encounter most often.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·September 19, 2019·7 min read

          Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures

          How people interpret musical notes depends on the type of music they are culturally accustomed to.
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          ·June 10, 2019·4 min read

          Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch

          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.
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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·May 15, 2019·2 min read

          Scientists suss out the secrets of human screams

          While screams contain certain shared acoustic factors, such as pitch and roughness, they differ in terms of emotional context.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·February 20, 2019·4 min read

          Mandarin Chinese Could Help Us Understand How Infants Learn English

          A new study considers how lexical tones can affect an infant's ability to associated words with objects.
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          ·June 28, 2018·6 min read

          ‘Music of Speech’ Linked to Brain Area Unique to Humans

          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.
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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience
          ·November 22, 2017·5 min read

          Pitch Imperfect? How the Brain Decodes Pitch May Improve Cochlear Implants

          A new study provides further evidence of the place code theory of pitch perception and may help with the development of better cochlear implants.
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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·August 24, 2017·6 min read

          How the Human Brain Detects the ‘Music’ of Speech

          Researchers at UCSF discover neurons in the superior temporal gyrus change activity depending on where emphasis falls in a sentence.
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          Image shows a woman singing and another woman with her fingers in her ears.
          FeaturedPsychology
          ·January 31, 2017·3 min read

          Singing Can Provide Understanding of Relationship Between Perceiving and Doing

          Researchers embark on new research in order to better understand the relationship between sensorimotor action and perception.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·February 24, 2016·3 min read

          Are 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.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·January 12, 2016·3 min read

          Singing In the Brain: Songbirds’ Vocal Muscles Work Like Humans When Singing

          A new study reports the vocal muscles of Bengalese finches change function to help produce different parameters of sounds, much like an opera singer.
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