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·September 29, 2025·3 min read

Walking Tunes the Brain to Sounds, Sharpens Auditory Awareness

A new study shows that walking enhances how the brain processes auditory information, sharpening responses compared to standing still. When participants walked in a figure-eight path, their brains responded more strongly to sounds, and turning direction influenced whether responses were enhanced or suppressed in each ear.

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·February 11, 2025·4 min read

Stress Alters How the Brain Processes Sound

Chronic stress weakens the brain’s ability to process sounds, requiring louder stimuli to trigger normal responses, according to new research in mice. Scientists found that stress affects inhibitory brain cells, which suppress responses to lower-decibel sounds while maintaining sensitivity to louder noises.

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·September 12, 2024·5 min read

Manipulating Brain Waves During Sleep With Sound

Sound stimulation can manipulate brain waves during REM sleep, a stage crucial for memory and cognition. Using advanced technology, researchers were able to increase the frequency of brain oscillations that slow down in dementia patients, potentially improving memory functions. The non-invasive technique could pave the way for innovative treatments for dementia by targeting brain activity during sleep. This approach offers hope for enhancing memory and cognition with minimal disruption to patients' lives.

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·April 6, 2023·5 min read

Hear, Hear! How Music and Sound Soothes and Connects Us

Researchers explore how sounds and music have the power to soothe, energize, and connect us to one another.

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·August 11, 2022·5 min read

Sound Plus Electrical Body Stimulation Has Potential to Treat Chronic Pain

Combining electrical stimulation with sounds that activate the somatosensory cortex could help bring relief to those suffering from chronic pain and other neurological conditions.

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·July 12, 2022·6 min read

Sleep Provides a Major Key to the Mystery of Consciousness

During sleep, the brain analyzes auditory input but is unable to focus on the sound or identify the noise; therefore no conscious awareness of the stimuli occurs.

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·August 18, 2021·5 min read

Sounds and Words Are Processed Separately and Simultaneously in the Brain

Auditory and speech processing occurs in parallel in the brain, researchers report. The findings contradict the belief that the brain processes auditory information before transferring it into linguistic information.

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·June 21, 2021·2 min read

Listening to Mix of Sounds and Silence Preserves Temporal Sound Processing in Mice

Temporal sound processing can be maintained in mouse models of congenital hearing loss with exposure to broadband sounds embedded with pauses, a new study reports.

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·May 8, 2021·4 min read

Bats Know the Speed of Sound From Birth

Bats map the world in units of time, unlike humans who map the world in units of distance.

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·May 13, 2020·3 min read

Body language can also be heard

The human voice contains information about dynamic bodily states. The findings shed light on the evolution of both spoken language and non-verbal communication.

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·September 20, 2019·4 min read

Why is the brain disturbed by harsh sounds?

Harsh noises, such as alarm bells and sirens, hold the brain's attention by stimulating its aversion networks.

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·August 11, 2019·6 min read

The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cells

A new technology known as sonogenetics can control neural activity by using sound frequencies. The technology could be used to non-invasively treat a range of neurological conditions, including Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.