Researchers explore why some songs constantly get stuck in our heads and why these "hooks" are the guiding principle for modern popular music.
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.
While most people prefer to drift off to sleep listening to quieter and slower songs, some feel more relaxed when listening to familiar, high-energy popular music.
Older adults with more severe hearing loss are more likely to suffer from dementia, but the likelihood of developing dementia was lower for those who use hearing aids.
Voice and face recognition may be linked even more intimately than previously thought.
Older mice were less capable than younger mice at "turning off" certain actively firing neurons when exposed to ambient noise. The result causes a fuzzy soundscape that makes it difficult for the brain to focus on one type of sound and filter out other surrounding sounds.
MEF2C, a gene critical for brain development and regulating circuit formation in the brain also plays a significant role in inner ear development. Mutations of MEF2C have previously been linked to ASD. Researchers found mice with only one copy of the MEF2C gene had reduced activity in the auditory nerve.
Certain auditory cues not only help us recognize an object more quickly, but they also even alter our visual perception.
Researchers say up to 1 billion teens and young adults are at risk of hearing loss as a result of using headphones, earbuds, or attending loud music venues.
People dance 11.8% more when very low-frequency bass is present in music, a new study reports.
The brain processes speech by using a buffer, maintaining a "time stamp" of the past three speech sounds. Findings also reveal the brain processes multiple sounds at the same time without mixing up the identity of each sound by passing information between neurons in the auditory cortex.
Hearing assessments of newborn babies can predict milestones and detect neurodevelopmental disorder markers at 12 months of age.
Researchers reveal how the auditory cortex reacts to "wrong" sounds and shed light on auditory memory recall.
