Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or ...

Scientists found special brain connections in seals and sea lions that help control vocal sounds. This may explain how speech ...

Speech sounds elicit comparable neural responses and stimulate the same region in the brain of humans, macaques and guinea pigs, a multidisciplinary group of University of Pittsburgh researchers ...

Whether it's a car door not properly closed, a shanked kick in football, or a misplaced note in music, our ears tell us when something doesn't sound right. A team of neuroscientists has recently ...

Chronic back pain changes brain responses, making everyday sounds feel more distressing than physical pressure.

How does the brain decide whether or not something is correct? When it comes to the processing of spoken language – particularly whether or not certain sound combinations are allowed in a language – ...

Researchers also found brain activity originated from a different connectivity pattern to the frontal lobe. This is normally responsible for suppressing the abnormal reaction to sounds. The ...