News tagged with auditory cortex

Tactile input affects what we hear: study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Humans use their whole bodies, not just their ears, to understand speech, according to University of British Columbia linguistics research.

Auditory illusion: How our brains can fill in the gaps to create continuous sound

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

It is relatively common for listeners to "hear" sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. ...

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The thalamus, middleman of the brain, becomes a sensory conductor

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

14 hours ago | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 1

Two new studies show that the thalamus--the small central brain structure often characterized as a mere pit-stop for sensory information on its way to the cortex--is heavily involved in sensory processing, and is an important ...

New brain findings on dyslexic children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (10) | 0

The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, ...

New study finds men and women may respond differently to danger

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 29, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activation have found that men and women respond differently to positive and negative stimuli, according to a study presented today at the annual ...

Right-handed chimpanzees provide clues to the origin of human language

Biology / Plants & Animals

Nov 16, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 8

Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January 2010 issue ...

Monetary gain and high-risk tactics stimulate activity in the brain

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Monetary gain stimulates activity in the brain. Even the mere possibility of receiving a reward is known to activate an area of the brain called the striatum. A team of Japanese researchers report in the January 2010 issue ...

Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments. The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Nor ...

Are teenagers wired differently than adults?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Parents have long suspected that the brains of their teenagers function differently than those of adults. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, we have begun to appreciate how the brain continues to develop ...

Psychologists suggest parents should wait to teach toddlers self-control

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 4

Toddlers are distractible. Their minds flit constantly here and there, and they have a terrible time concentrating on even the most stimulating project. They might be fascinated by a colorful new toy, but only until the next ...

New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 01, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 0

The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...