FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 20, 2017·5 min readRecognizing Foreign Accents Helps Brain Process Accented SpeechIf we can recognize the accent we hear, our brains are able to process foreign accented speech with better real time accuracy, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 25, 2017·4 min readWhat’s Coming Next? How the Brain Predicts SpeechA new study sheds light on how the brain predicts what comes next when someone is talking.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 12, 2017·4 min readBilingual Children Are Better at Recognizing VoicesAccording to researchers, bilingual children perform better at voice recognition and processing than monolingual children.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 31, 2017·4 min readDetecting Dyslexia Risks Before Learning to ReadA new study links auditory processing and a child's reading skill. Researchers hope their findings could provide an early diagnostic tool for dyslexia.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·December 4, 2017·3 min readWhy Musical Training is Beneficial in Processing SpeechMusical training may enhance the ability to process speech in noisy settings, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 11, 2017·3 min readInfant Brain Responses Predict Reading Speed During Later ChildhoodBrain responses from 6 month old infants with an inherited dyslexia risk differed from those without the risk factor and also predicted their reading ability later in childhood, a new study reveals.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 28, 2019·3 min readNew findings on human speech recognitionIncreased activity of the ventromedial geniculate body indicates the processing of auditory information begins before the auditory pathways reach the cerebral cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 30, 2019·3 min readMechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealedStudy reveals the dynamic patterns of information flow between critical language regions of the brain.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·October 21, 2019·5 min readHow the brain dials up the volume to hear someone in a crowdWhen a person listens to another person talking, their brain waves alter to select specific features of the speaker's voice and tune out other voices.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 1, 2019·4 min readA new way to know liars’ intentThe patterns of reasoning deceptive people use may serve as indicators of truthfulness, a new AI algorithm discovered. Researchers say reasoning intent is more reliable than verbal changes and personal differences when trying to determine deception.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 10, 2020·3 min readHow the brain controls our speechA new study casts doubt on common theories about speech control. Researchers discovered it's not just the right hemisphere that analyzes how we speak, the left hemisphere also plays a significant role.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·June 23, 2020·4 min readThe human brain tracks speech more closely in time than other soundsResearch suggests a time-locked encoding mechanism may have evolved for speech processing in humans. The processing mechanism appears to be tuned to the native language as a result of extensive exposure to the language environment during early development.Read More
