FeaturedNeuroscience·March 2, 2017·4 min readThe Music In Our SpeechResearchers embark on a study into the brain structures that process speech and music, and finds commonalities.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 20, 2017·6 min readHow the Brain Helps Us Understand Spoken Words in Noisy SettingsResearchers have discovered a mechanism the brain uses to help compensate when noise obscures speech sounds.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 17, 2017·5 min readWhether Our Speech is Fast Or Slow, We Say About the SameWe end up conveying information at about the same rate, regardless of whether we speak slowly or fast, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 4, 2017·4 min readStuttering Linked to Reduced Blood Flow in Brain Area Associated With LanguageCerebral blood flow is reduced in the Broca's area of people who stutter, researchers report. Additionally, the more severely a person stutters, the less blood flows to this area of the brain.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 22, 2016·6 min readHow the Brain Helps Us Understand Spoken Words in Noisy SettingsA new study identifies a neural mechanism that allows the brain to compensate for speech sounds when they are obscured by noise.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 20, 2016·6 min readPop-Outs: How the Brain Extracts Meaning From NoiseAuditory cortex neurons are able to pick out aspects of sounds associated with language, even in a 'noisy environment'.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 12, 2016·5 min readMacaques Have the Anatomy, But Not the Brain, For Human SpeechAccording to researchers, macaques have the vocal anatomy to speak like humans, but lack the neural circuitry to do it.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 2, 2016·6 min readComputer Learns to Recognize Sounds By Watching VideoNew system does not require costly hand-annotated data during training.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·November 15, 2016·5 min readGenes for Speech May Not Be Limited to HumansResearchers investigate the effect of a genetic mutation of the FOXP2 gene on the vocalization patterns of adult male mice.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 15, 2016·4 min readHearing With Your Eyes: A Western Style of Speech PerceptionWhile Western people tend to look at lip movement when communicating, a new study reports Japanese people are less influenced by looking at the mouth when communicating.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 20, 2016·6 min readMale Mice Model Human Speech DefectA study using male mice with a specific genetic mutation provides an innovative way to study how genes affect vocal sound sequencing.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 4, 2016·3 min readOur Ability to Process Speech Declines With AgeAccording to researchers, our ability to track and understand speech in both noisy and quite environments deteriorates due to speech processing declines in the midbrain of older adults.Read More
