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·August 30, 2021·5 min read

Struggling to Learn a New Language? Blame It on Your Stable Brain

A new study may answer why it is so difficult for us to learn a second language as we enter adulthood.

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·August 23, 2021·3 min read

Birds Got Rhythm, Telling Us Something About How We Form Speech and Movement

Like humans, zebra finches can recognize songs by their rhythmic pattern, even when the tempo is changed.

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·July 22, 2021·4 min read

When Drums Talk – What Happens When the Speech and the Music Sound Similar?

Listeners rely on a number of acoustic features to make the distinction between drum music and drum "speech".

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·July 9, 2021·5 min read

Understanding Our Perception of Rhythm

When perceiving rhythm, the brain makes two separate decisions based on grouping and prominence. The groupings mutually inform each other to generate an overall rhythmic perception.

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·June 14, 2021·2 min read

Speech Droplets Drive Transmission of COVID-19

Speaking without a facemask in confined spaces poses the biggest risk for spreading SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.

This shows a man yelling into a tin can "telephone"

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 20, 2021·2 min read

Why Do We Hate the Sound of Our Own Voices?

The discomfort we feel when hearing our own voices played back to us is both a physiological and psychological response, researchers say.

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·May 14, 2021·4 min read

What Does Your Voice Say About You? Study Links Personality Traits to Voice Characteristics

A new study reveals a link between vocal characteristics and individual personality traits. Those with deeper voices were more dominant, extroverted, and tended to rank higher in sociosexuality. Researchers found no difference between men and women.

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·April 26, 2021·6 min read

Can a Newborn’s Brain Discriminate Speech Sounds?

It's a question most new parents ponder, can a newborn baby discriminate between speech sounds? Researchers found newborn babies encode voice pitch comparable to adults exposed to a new language for three years. However, there are some differences when it comes to distinguishing between spectral and temporal fine structures of certain sounds.

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·March 1, 2021·5 min read

Neanderthals Had the Capacity to Perceive and Produce Human Speech

A new study reveals Neanderthals had the ability to perceive and produce human speech.

This image shows brain scans from the study

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·February 12, 2021·4 min read

Changing the Connection Between the Hemispheres Affects Speech Perception

Using HD-TACS brain stimulation, researchers influenced the integration of speech sounds by changing the balancing processes between the two brain hemispheres.

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·December 20, 2020·5 min read

How the Brain Distinguishes Speech From Noise

Study reports a pervasive neuromodulation system strongly influences sound processing in a key auditory region of the brain. Findings suggest acetylcholine may assist in the brain's ability to distinguish speech from other noise.