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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 26, 2020·3 min read

Variability in natural speech is challenging for the dyslexic brain

People with dyslexia experience difficulties when acoustic variation was added to speech sounds. In the absence of the variation, neural speech sound processing was consistent between dyslexic and typical readers. Difficulties in detecting linguistically relevant information during acoustic variation in speech may contribute to a dyslexic person's deficits in forming native language phoneme representations during infancy.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·August 2, 2021·3 min read

Learning Foreign Languages Can Affect the Processing of Music in the Brain

Learning a new language can affect musical processing in children, researchers report. Findings support the theory that musical and linguistic functions are closely linked in the developing brain.

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·November 28, 2022·5 min read

People With Depression Are Less Likely to Have Children

Men with depression are 33% less likely to have children, and depressed women are 15% less likely to have children than their peers who do not suffer from depression. Additionally, women are more likely to suffer symptoms of depression during their childbearing years.

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·September 21, 2020·4 min read

A Computer Predicts Your Thoughts, Creating Images Based on Them

Combining EEG brain function data, brain-computer interface technology, and artificial intelligence, researchers have created a system that can generate an image of what a person is thinking.

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·February 24, 2021·4 min read

The Appearance of Robots Affects Our Perception of the Morality of Their Decisions

People consider moral decisions made by humanoid robots to be less ethically sound than when another human or traditional-looking robot makes the same decision.

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·October 15, 2021·4 min read

Behavior Resembling Human ADHD Seen in Dogs

Hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention are more common in male dogs and young puppies, researchers say. The findings correspond to age and gender associated with ADHD in humans.

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·July 6, 2018·4 min read

Gene Linked to Job Related Exhaustion in Shift Workers Increases Alzheimer’s Risk

Researchers report a variation of the MTNR1A gene is linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in older people. The same gene has previously been implicated in reduced tolerance to shift work in the aging population.

Autism Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 3, 2018·3 min read

Genetic Background of Autism Connected to Stem Cell Dysfunction

Researchers report functional alterations in L-type calcium channels were detected in models of Fragile X syndrome.

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·January 18, 2023·5 min read

The Power of a Genetic Isolate: Hundreds of Novel Genetic Discoveries From the FinnGen Study

New results from the FinnGen project yielded a trove of novel genetic discoveries, linking previously unknown genes to an array of health disorders.

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·May 14, 2018·3 min read

Brain Size Mediates the Association Between Height and Cognitive Ability

Researchers have identified a link between cortical surface area, height and cognitive ability. The study reports taller people have bigger cortices, which in turn is linked to better cognitive function.

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·April 26, 2020·4 min read

Effects of rapid-acting antidepressant ketamine consolidated in sleep?

Brain connections strengthened with treatment from fast-acting antidepressants, such as ketamine, are consolidated during deep sleep. Researchers propose rapid antidepressant treatments share the ability to regulate both synaptic potentiation and homeostatic mechanisms, which may contribute to how the brain reorganizes its activity to defeat depression.