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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.

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·March 28, 2022·2 min read

Stimulating the Auditory Cortex Improves Speech Perception

Stimulating a part of the auditory cortex called the planum temporale improved speech perception, researchers report.

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·March 23, 2022·4 min read

Brain Communication Defect in Psychotic Disorders

Reduced activation of gamma waves in the brain was associated with the emergence of psychosis symptoms prior to the full-blown disorder appearing.

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·March 13, 2022·10 min read

Memory May Alter How We Perceive the Visual and Auditory Information We Encounter

New research focuses on how memory can impact the perception of auditory and visual information.

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·February 23, 2022·3 min read

Disliking Music: What’s the Point?

A new study explores music aversion, finding musical dislike may facilitate identity expression and help demarcate social groups.

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·February 22, 2022·6 min read

Singing in the Brain

Researchers have identified a population of neurons in the auditory cortex that responds to singing, but not any other type of music.

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·February 15, 2022·4 min read

How the Brain Filters Out Sounds

A new study sheds light on auditory perception in bats.

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·January 28, 2022·2 min read

Babies Are Sensitive to Rhyme, Rhythm and Phrases in Children’s Songs

Babies are sensitive to language patterns in the soothing rhymes their parents sing them.

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·January 17, 2022·2 min read

The Brain Pays Attention to Unfamiliar Voices During Sleep

During deep sleep, the presence of an unfamiliar voice elicits more K-complexes, a type of brain wave linked to sensory perturbances during sleep, compared to the sound of a familiar voice.

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·December 20, 2021·5 min read

Perfecting Pitch Perception

Natural soundscapes have shaped our sense of hearing, optimizing it for the kinds of sounds we encounter most often.

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·December 17, 2021·5 min read

Revealing How the Brain Understands One Voice in a Noisy Crowd

Study reveals how the brain is able to focus its attention on a single speaker in a crowded, noisy environment.

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·December 15, 2021·3 min read

How Ultrasound Could Be Used to Treat Psychiatric Disorders

Low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation helps modulate brain activity and behaviors associated with a range of psychiatric disorders, a new study reports.