FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 21, 2019Pet Owners More Sensitive to Emotion in Animal CommunicationStudy reports dogs communicate distress more effectively via vocalizations than cats. Owning a pet makes you more sensitive to the negative vocalizations of both cats and dogs. Read More
auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·May 15, 2019Coherent? Voice disorders significantly affect listeners, tooResearchers investigate new strategies to help listeners better understand those with voice disorders. Read More
auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 15, 2019Scientists suss out the secrets of human screamsWhile screams contain certain shared acoustic factors, such as pitch and roughness, they differ in terms of emotional context. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 27, 2019Mother’s Behavioral Corrections Tune Infant’s Brain to Angry ToneA new study reports babies' brains are sensitive to different emotional tones they hear in voices. Researchers suggest maternal interactions may help to shape the same brain region adults use for emotional processing. Read More
auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 9, 2018From the Mouths of Babes: Infants Enjoy Hearing From Their PeersAccording to researchers, infants prefer the sounds of other babies over the voices of adults. Researchers found 5 month old babies spend 40% longer listening to sounds of other babies than adult vocalizations of the same sounds. Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 8, 2017Shedding Light on the Voices in Our HeadsA new study reports the brain considers our internal voice to be the same as speaking our thoughts aloud. The findings could have important implications for understanding auditory hallucinations in Schizophrenia. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 11, 2017Baboon Vocalizations Contain Five Vowel-Like Sounds Comparable to Those of Human SpeechMuch like humans, baboons use several vowel like sounds to communicate, a new study reports. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 10, 2016Mice Sing Like Jet Engines to Find a MateTo find a mate, mice use unique high frequency sounds using a mechanism that has only previously been observed in supersonic jet engines, a new study reports. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 14, 2016New Insights Into StutteringA new study using mice with the genetic defect for a human speech disorder could help researchers better understand the molecular and neurological basis for stuttering. Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 22, 2015Babies’ Babbles Reflect Their Own Involvement in Language DevelopmentA baby's repetitive babbling is influenced by the infant's ability to hear itself. Read More
