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
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 4, 2016·3 min readPart of Brain That Compensates for Hearing Loss in Elderly IdentifiedResearchers have identified a specific part of the brain that older adults use to differentiate speech sounds in background noises.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 1, 2016·4 min readVoice Control in Orangutan Gives Clues to Early Human SpeechRocky the Orangutan may help researchers better understand how human speech evolved from the time of the great apes.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 27, 2016·4 min readBaby Talk May Be More Educational For Infants Than ImaginedBaby talk can teach infants the relevant properties of language, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 3, 2016·4 min readSinging Could Improve Speech in Parkinson’s Patients: More Research NeededResearchers have published evidence that singing can have beneficial effects for people with Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 31, 2016·4 min readBaby Talk Can Help Songbirds Learn Their SongsAccording to a new study, adult songbirds modify their vocalizations when singing to juveniles in much the same way humans do when talking to babies.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·May 29, 2016·3 min readExploring Gender Perception Via SpeechAccording the researchers, some vocal qualities deemed as feminine can overlap with acoustic cues for clear speech.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 26, 2016·9 min readThe Evolution of Complex Connectivity in Speech NetworksA new paper considers how the complex speech networks in the brain may have evolved.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 4, 2016·2 min readForeign Accent Syndrome Due to Impaired Neural ConnectionA new study reports foreign accent syndrome may be caused by impaired connections between the motor speech areas in the left hemisphere of the brain and the cerebellum.Read More
