Latest

Auditory Neuroscience

Auditory Neuroscience news articles cover science research into hearing, processing sound, auditory cortex, understanding speech, hearing disorders, cochlear implants, language, functions of the ears, deafness, auditory hallucinations, and how brains and nervous systems in general respond to sounds.

This shows a person surrounded by sound waves.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·October 15, 2025·5 min read

Feeling the Music: Touch Amplifies Emotional Power of Sound

A new study shows that combining touch with hearing profoundly intensifies emotional responses to music. Using a custom-built device that transforms sound into tactile vibrations, researchers found that people experienced more joy, connection, and reduced anxiety when they could both hear and feel the music.

This shows two people listening to music and touching arms.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·October 13, 2025·4 min read

Why the Brain Feels the Beat Better Through Sound Than Touch

A new study reveals that the human brain synchronizes more accurately with rhythm when listening to music than when feeling it through touch. When people tap along to sound, slow rhythmic brain waves align with the perceived beat, helping maintain steady timing.

This shows a person walking and sound waves.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·September 29, 2025·3 min read

Walking Tunes the Brain to Sounds, Sharpens Auditory Awareness

A new study shows that walking enhances how the brain processes auditory information, sharpening responses compared to standing still. When participants walked in a figure-eight path, their brains responded more strongly to sounds, and turning direction influenced whether responses were enhanced or suppressed in each ear.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·September 24, 2025·5 min read

Hearing Trouble in Crowds Linked to IQ, Not Ears

New research challenges the assumption that difficulty hearing in noisy places is always linked to hearing loss. Instead, the study found that cognitive ability is strongly tied to how well people process speech amid background chatter.

This shows a brain and a clock with speech bubbles.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·September 18, 2025·6 min read

Speeding Up Speech Doesn’t Speed Up Brain Processing

New research shows that when people listen to speech at different speeds, the auditory cortex does not adjust its timing but instead processes sound in a fixed time window. This discovery challenges the long-standing idea that the brain flexibly adapts its processing pace to match speech rhythms.

This shows a man with headphones on and musical notes swirling around him.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·August 20, 2025·5 min read

Songs Don’t Just Move Us, They Shape Memories

A new study reveals that different types of music shape the emotional tone of the memories they evoke. Acoustic, lower-energy songs often triggered personal memories filled with calmness, romance, and sadness, while energetic, less acoustic songs sparked memories of social fun, excitement, and amusement.

This shows a human head with an illustration of an eye and sound waves, implying the merger of visual and auditory stimuli.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·August 15, 2025·5 min read

The Brain Merges Sight And Sound For Faster, Smarter Decisions

New research reveals how the brain merges visual and auditory information to make quicker, more accurate decisions. Using EEG, scientists found that auditory and visual decision processes start independently but ultimately combine in the motor system, enabling faster reaction times.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·August 13, 2025·5 min read

Musicians Show No Edge in Early Brain Sound Processing

A large-scale study challenges the long-held belief that musical training boosts the brain’s earliest stages of sound processing. Using a sample size over four times larger than earlier studies, researchers found no difference between musicians and non-musicians in subcortical auditory responses or in recognizing speech amid background noise.

This shows a person sitting alone, surrounded by floating musical notes.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·August 8, 2025·5 min read

When Music Falls Flat: Why Some Brains Don’t Enjoy Music

Some people feel absolutely nothing when listening to music—and not because of bad taste. A rare condition called specific musical anhedonia involves a disconnect between the brain's auditory and reward systems, making music emotionally flat even though other rewards like food or money still trigger pleasure.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 17, 2025·6 min read

Judging Music: Do We Trust Our Eyes More Than Our Ears?

A new study reveals that the “sight-over-sound” effect—where visual cues outweigh audio in judging music—depends heavily on the listener’s musical background. In experiments with Japanese brass band performances, general musicians relied more on visuals, while brass band specialists judged more accurately by sound alone.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·July 3, 2025·5 min read

Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Those with Deafness

A new study shows that gene therapy can significantly improve hearing in both children and adults with congenital deafness caused by mutations in the OTOF gene. The therapy uses a synthetic virus to deliver a healthy copy of the gene directly to the inner ear, with hearing improvements observed in all ten participants within one month.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·June 9, 2025·4 min read

Why Some People Hear Better in Noise Than Others

A large-scale international study has confirmed that the ability to detect background sounds varies significantly from person to person and depends on the preceding noise. By replicating a 10-year-old study with 149 participants across 25 labs in 10 countries, researchers found consistent results supporting the original findings.

1 2 3 … 35

Auditory Neuroscience

Feeling the Music: Touch Amplifies Emotional Power of Sound

Why the Brain Feels the Beat Better Through Sound Than Touch

Walking Tunes the Brain to Sounds, Sharpens Auditory Awareness

Hearing Trouble in Crowds Linked to IQ, Not Ears

Speeding Up Speech Doesn’t Speed Up Brain Processing

Songs Don’t Just Move Us, They Shape Memories

The Brain Merges Sight And Sound For Faster, Smarter Decisions

Musicians Show No Edge in Early Brain Sound Processing

When Music Falls Flat: Why Some Brains Don’t Enjoy Music

Judging Music: Do We Trust Our Eyes More Than Our Ears?

Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Those with Deafness

Why Some People Hear Better in Noise Than Others

Low Choline Could Be a Hidden Driver of Anxiety

Babies’ Brains Tune In to Mom’s Voice and Shift How They See New Faces

Psychedelics Calm Stress Circuits to Reduce Alcohol Drinking

Why Alzheimer’s Patients Forget Loved Ones

Subscribe