News tagged with auditory cortex

Why can’t I learn a new language?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jul 08, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (51) | 4

Adults, even the brightest ones, often struggle with learning new languages. Dr Nina Kazanina in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bristol explains why.

Turn On, Tune In, Develop? Researchers Examine How Brain Benefits From Musical Training

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 4

For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra ...

Scientists reaching consensus on how brain processes speech

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

May 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (8) | 0

Neuroscientists feel they are much closer to an accepted unified theory about how the brain processes speech and language, according to a scientist at Georgetown University Medical Center who first laid the ...

Age-related difficulty recognizing words predicted by brain differences

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

May 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Older adults may have difficulty understanding speech because of age-related changes in brain tissue, according to new research in the May 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that older adults with t ...

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. ...