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Hearing through your fingers: Device that converts speech

Neuroscience NewsJune 3, 2019

A newly developed audio-to-tactile sensory substitution device provides immediate and robust improvements in speech recognition without prior training for those with hearing impairments. ... Read More...

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‘Implicit measures’ better assess vocabulary for those with autism than standard tests

Neuroscience NewsMay 21, 2019

Eye tracking and EEG may help to assess vocabulary knowledge in those on the autism spectrum. ... Read More...

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Coherent? Voice disorders significantly affect listeners, too

Neuroscience NewsMay 15, 2019

Researchers investigate new strategies to help listeners better understand those with voice disorders.... Read More...

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Experimental brain-controlled hearing aid decodes, identifies who you want to hear

Neuroscience NewsMay 15, 2019

A new auditory attention decoding device allows people to selectively hear specific people in crowded environments.... Read More...

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Scientists suss out the secrets of human screams

Neuroscience NewsMay 15, 2019

While screams contain certain shared acoustic factors, such as pitch and roughness, they differ in terms of emotional context.... Read More...

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Numbing a body part can boost sensory powers elsewhere – here’s what that tells us about the brain

Neuroscience NewsMay 11, 2019

Sensory deprivation can improve perceptual abilities, both directly and indirectly. ... Read More...

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Widespread brain connections enable face recognition

Neuroscience NewsMay 4, 2019

The connectivity between the face processing network and other networks associated with the processing of visual, social and auditory cues help predict how well we remember a familiar face.... Read More...

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Meaning Without Words: Gestures and Visual Animations Reveal Cognitive Origins of Linguistic Meaning

Neuroscience NewsApril 26, 2019

Gestures and visual animation assist in allowing us to understand the cognitive origins of linguistic meanings.... Read More...

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Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds

Neuroscience NewsApril 24, 2019

A neural decoder is able to use sound representations encoded in human cortical activity to synthesize audible speech. The technology could be used to help those with difficulties speaking to communicate freely.... Read More...

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Listeners immerse themselves in audiobooks in very different ways

Neuroscience NewsApril 12, 2019

While listening to audiobooks with a captivating narrative, the inferior parietal lobe and visual cortex elicit individual meaning and flow of mental imagery.... Read More...

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38 new genes involved in hearing loss identified

Neuroscience NewsApril 12, 2019

38 new genes have been implicated in hearing loss. One of the genes, SPNS2, has been linked to childhood deafness.... Read More...

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Associating colors with vowels? Almost all of us do!

Neuroscience NewsApril 4, 2019

While only 1 in 25 people has synesthesia, a new study reports intuitions about 'sound colors' are shared by a greater percentage of people. Sound color perception is mainly driven by the vowels in language.... Read More...

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Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumors during surgery

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Pregnant women increase peripersonal space to ‘keep dangers at arm’s length’

Many choices seems promising until you actually have to choose

Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumors during surgery

Neurology

Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumors during surgery

Modified protein can prevent Alzheimer’s disease in mice

Moral emotions, a diagnostic tool for frontotemporal dementia?

AI

The whisper of schizophrenia: Machine learning finds ‘sound’ words predict psychosis

AI used to detect brain’s response to multiple sclerosis treatment

Brain activation provides individual-level prediction of bipolar disorder risk

Robotics

Research moves closer to brain-machine interface autonomy

Six fingers per hand: Polydactyly equals extra motor ability

Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots

Psychology

Pregnant women increase peripersonal space to ‘keep dangers at arm’s length’

Many choices seems promising until you actually have to choose

Moral emotions, a diagnostic tool for frontotemporal dementia?

auditory neuroscience

Hearing through your fingers: Device that converts speech

‘Implicit measures’ better assess vocabulary for those with autism than standard tests

Coherent? Voice disorders significantly affect listeners, too

Experimental brain-controlled hearing aid decodes, identifies who you want to hear

Scientists suss out the secrets of human screams

Numbing a body part can boost sensory powers elsewhere – here’s what that tells us about the brain

Meaning Without Words: Gestures and Visual Animations Reveal Cognitive Origins of Linguistic Meaning

Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds

Listeners immerse themselves in audiobooks in very different ways

38 new genes involved in hearing loss identified

Associating colors with vowels? Almost all of us do!