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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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·December 2, 2016·6 min read

Computer Learns to Recognize Sounds By Watching Video

New system does not require costly hand-annotated data during training.

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·November 12, 2015·3 min read

Extreme Noise Conditions Can Influence Taste Perception

A new study reports conditions which are extremely noisy can alter taste perception for sweet and umami flavors.

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·October 24, 2013·3 min read

Feedback Loops and Localization Errors

A new study describes a feedback loop which modulates the processing of auditory signals in a frequency-dependent manner.

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·July 10, 2018·4 min read

Giddy for the Sound: Why Some People Get Dizzy Hearing Certain Sounds

Researchers report the dizzying effect experienced by those who suffer from Tullio phenomena occurs when sound generates pathological fluid mechanical waves in the semicircular canals of the ear.

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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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·July 18, 2017·4 min read

Hearing a Sound Can Alter Perception of Finger Size

Hearing ascending sounds causes people to estimate the length of their fingers to be longer than when they hear a descending or constant sound, report UCL researchers.

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·November 26, 2016·3 min read

How Neurons Have Meta Adapted to Cope With Our Rowdy World

A new study reports as auditory neurons become more familiar with a sound environment, they speed up their adaption to the noisiness of that environment.