News tagged with human voice
Brain responds to human voice in one fifth of a second
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology researchers have found the sound of the human voice can be recognised by the brain in less than one fifth of a second.
Pair of Bionic Ears Helps to Distinguish Left from Right
May 15, 2009 |
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Can a pair of bionic ears benefit a hearing-impaired child? Cynthia Zettler, a postdoctoral fellow in Ruth Litovsky's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison thinks so.
Can you see the emotions I hear? Study says yes
May 14, 2009 |
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By observing the pattern of activity in the brain, scientists have discovered they can "read" whether a person just heard words spoken in anger, joy, relief, or sadness. The discovery, reported online on May 14th in Current Bi ...
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Whose voice is that? Scientists discover 'voice' area in the brain of nonhuman primate
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Feb 15, 2008 |
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For vocal animals, recognising species-specific vocalizations is important for survival and social interactions. In humans, a ‘voice' region has been identified that is sensitive to human voices and vocalizations. As this ...
Jet engines help solve the mysteries of the voice
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Although scientists know about basic voice production—the two "vocal folds" in the larynx vibrate and pulsate airflow from the lungs—the larynx is one of the body's least understood organs.
Voice response system useful for monitoring anticoagulant patients
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Interactive voice response systems may help improve monitoring of patients taking anticoagulants such as warfarin while reducing the workload of clinical staff, found a study by Ottawa researchers in CMAJ.
Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.
If you want more babies, find a man with a deep voice
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Men who have lower-pitched voices have more children than do men with high-pitched voices, researchers have found. And their study suggests that for reproductive-minded women, mate selection favours men with low-pitched ...
I'm listening -- conversations with computers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 16, 2008 |
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A computer system that can carry on a discussion with a human being by reacting to signals such as tone of voice and facial expression, is being developed by an international team including Queen’s University Belfast.
Google Tests Directory Assistance for Phones
Apr 08, 2007 |
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Computer Web search leader Google stepped up an experiment to use speech recognition on telephones so consumers can ask for local information, in a challenge to directory assistance providers.
Robots are becoming part of everyday life
Jul 18, 2006 |
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The advent of robots is no longer an idea of science fiction, but is quickly becoming an intrinsic part of our daily lives.
Generating 'oohs' and 'aahs': Vocal Joystick uses voice to surf the Internet
Oct 09, 2007 |
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The Internet offers wide appeal to people with disabilities. But many of those same people find it frustrating or impossible to use a handheld mouse. Software developed at the University of Washington provides ...
Researchers produce 'neural fingerprint' of speech recognition
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Scientists from Maastricht University (Netherlands) have developed a method to look into the brain of a person and read out who has spoken to him or her and what was said. With the help of neuroimaging and data mining techniques ...
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