Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 2, 2020·3 min readHearing develops in tandem with form and functionFindings may provide clues that may help researchers develop new techniques to regenerate hair cells in the inner ear and reverse hearing loss.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·January 2, 2020·2 min readHearing through lip-readingLip reading causes brain activity to synchronize with sound waves, even when there is no audible sound.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 13, 2019·4 min readReconstructing spoken words as processed in nonhuman primate brainsUsing artificial intelligence and brain-computer interface technology, researchers reconstructed English words from neural signals recorded from the brains of non-human primates.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·November 26, 2019·3 min readThe human brain is prepared to follow the rhythm of a song or of a danceRegardless of musical training, a person's brain synchronizes with the rhythm of music, but musicians' brain responses are much stronger and more resistant to distraction.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceAutismFeaturedNeuroscience·October 23, 2019·5 min readDrug combination reverses hypersensitivity to noiseSummary: Treating mouse models of autism with modafinil and EBIO reduced hypersensitivity to noise. Source: MIT People with autism often...Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·October 21, 2019·5 min readHow the brain dials up the volume to hear someone in a crowdWhen a person listens to another person talking, their brain waves alter to select specific features of the speaker's voice and tune out other voices.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·October 1, 2019·3 min readMild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes soundThe brain activity response to sound in older children with hearing loss was lower than their peers with normal hearing.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 23, 2019·2 min readHow the brain repurposes unused regionsThere is an underlying organization that dictates how the visual cortex is repurposed in blind people, which is not random.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 20, 2019·4 min readWhy is the brain disturbed by harsh sounds?Harsh noises, such as alarm bells and sirens, hold the brain's attention by stimulating its aversion networks.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·September 6, 2019·5 min readHow our brain filters soundsThe brain adjusts the attention it gives to identical sounds the moment they are perceived in the brainstem.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·September 6, 2019·4 min readSound deprivation in one ear leads to speech recognition difficultiesEar infections and other conditions that cause hearing loss to one ear can cause nerve damage if left untreated. The damage may render the sufferer to difficulties in speech recognition and processing.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 28, 2019·3 min readNew findings on human speech recognitionIncreased activity of the ventromedial geniculate body indicates the processing of auditory information begins before the auditory pathways reach the cerebral cortex.Read More
