News tagged with auditory
Gene mutation in autism found to cause hyperconnectivity in brain's hearing center
New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individuals leads to difficulties in processing auditory cues and paying spatial attention to sound.
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Jan 31, 2012 |
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Researchers rewrite textbook on location of brain's speech processing center
Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed towards the back of the brain's cerebral cortex, behind auditory cortex where all sounds are received -- a place famously known as Wernicke's area ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Toddlers don't listen to their own voice like adults do
When grown-ups and kids speak, they listen to the sound of their voice and make corrections based on that auditory feedback. But new evidence shows that toddlers don't respond to their own voice in quite the same way, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Listen up: Abnormality in auditory processing underlies dyslexia
People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated in the underlying pathology of dyslexia, the basis ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Multisensory integration: When correlation implies causation
In order to get a better picture of our surroundings, the brain has to integrate information from different senses, but how does it know which signals to combine? New research involving scientists from the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Is there a central brain area for hearing melodies and speech cues? Still an open question
Previous studies have suggested a particular hotspot in the brain might be responsible for perceiving pitch, but auditory neuroscientists are still debating whether this "pitch center" actually exists. A review article discusses ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Study shows significant language progress after two cochlear implants
(Medical Xpress) -- An ongoing study of 45 deaf children who had two cochlear implants finds that their language skills are within the normal range. Cochlear implants replace the eardrum by delivering an electric signal from ...
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Moth ears are activated by movement the size of an atom
(PhysOrg.com) -- Moths are so finely tuned to the ultrasonic calls of predatory bats that the nerve cells in their ears are activated by displacements of the eardrum the size of a small atom, according to ...
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Unraveling the mysteries of the maternal brain: Odors influence the response to sounds
Motherhood is associated with the acquisition of a host of new behaviors that must be driven, at least in part, by alterations in brain function. Now, new research published by Cell Press in the October 20 issue of the journal ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Science finding is music to the ears
A study led by Canadian researchers has found the first evidence that lifelong musicians experience less age-related hearing problems than non-musicians.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Tinnitus discovery could lead to new ways to stop the ringing
Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are offering hope to the 10 percent of the population who suffer from tinnitus – a constant, often high-pitched ringing or buzzing in the ears that can be annoying ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Mild hearing loss linked to brain atrophy in older adults
A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening ...
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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Helping children see the signs
Remember when your little league football team lost the game because someone ran the ball back into their own end zone? Take heart, one University of Alberta researcher says it may be the player's unfamiliarity with perceiving ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Rehab robots lend stroke patients a hand
Robot-assisted therapy has measurable benefits for patients with a weaker arm following a stroke. This is according to new research featured in the journal Clinical Rehabilitation, published by SAGE, which is the first to use ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Research team finds species share perceptual capabilities that affect how communication evolves
A research team that included Hamilton E. Farris, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Otorhinolaryngology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, reveals that two entirely different species show similar ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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