FeaturedNeuroscience·February 24, 2024·5 min readA Prelude to Speech: How the Brain Forms WordsResearchers made a groundbreaking discovery on how the human brain forms words before speaking. By utilizing Neuropixels probes, they've mapped out how neurons represent speech sounds and assemble them into language.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 15, 2024·4 min readBrain Mastery Over Echoes Enhances Speech ClarityResearchers have uncovered the human brain's remarkable ability to segregate direct speech from echoes, a challenge that has long perplexed audio engineers. It was discovered through magnetoencephalography (MEG) that despite the distortion caused by echoes, which typically lag by at least 100 milliseconds, the brain processes and understands speech with over 95% accuracy by separating the sound into distinct streams.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 28, 2023·4 min readAI Turns Brain Waves into Spoken WordsResearchers achieved a breakthrough in converting brain signals to audible speech with up to 100% accuracy. The team used brain implants and artificial intelligence to directly map brain activity to speech in patients with epilepsy.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 11, 2023·5 min readDopamine Tunes the Brain for Both Singing and SpeechContrary to popular belief, speech and singing use overlapping brain circuits, primarily located in the left hemisphere. This discovery challenges the 50-year notion that the right hemisphere supports the singing ability in aphasia patients.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 27, 2023·4 min readOrangutans Simultaneously Produce Dual Sounds: A Clue to Human Speech EvolutionOrangutans are capable of simultaneously producing two different sounds, akin to human beatboxers or songbirds. Through observations of vocalising orangutan populations in Borneo and Sumatra, researchers discovered this shared vocal phenomenon.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 19, 2023·7 min readNeural Prosthesis Uses Brain Activity to Decode SpeechA newly developed machine learning model can predict the words a person is about to speak based on their neural activity recorded by a minimally invasive neuroprosthetic device.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 13, 2023·4 min readCorpus Callosum Found to Switch off Right Hemisphere During SpeechStudy confirms the role the corpus callosum plays in language lateralization.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 7, 2023·4 min readSpeech Analysis Can Help Measure Diagnosis, Severity, and Onset of Mental IllnessSpeech pattern analysis can help accurately diagnose depression and psychosis, measure the severity of symptoms, and predict the onset of mental health conditions.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·January 3, 2023·4 min readTo Identify a Voice, Brains Rely on SightVoice and face recognition may be linked even more intimately than previously thought.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 6, 2022·2 min readThe Universal Sound of Swearing Across LanguagesAcross different languages, swear words tend to lack l, r, and w sounds. Researchers say the approximants, or common pattern of the sounds, are less suitable than other sounds for giving offense.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 18, 2022·4 min readLiteracy Influences Understanding of SpeechThe writing system with which we learn to read may influence how we process speech, researchers report. Findings suggest the ability to write influences the way in which our brains process language.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·October 16, 2022·4 min readSpeech as a New Diagnostic Tool in ALS and FTDWith the help of AI, researchers are developing digital biomarkers that use speech data to identify ALS and frontotemporal dementia.Read More
