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Brain section multitasks, handling phonetics and decision-making
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 30, 2009 |
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A front portion of the brain that handles tasks like decision-making also helps decipher different phonetic sounds, according to new Brown University research.
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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 ...
Read my lips: Using multiple senses in speech perception (Video)
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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When someone speaks to you, do you see what they are saying? We tend to think of speech as being something we hear, but recent studies suggest that we use a variety of senses for speech perception - that the brain treats ...
Researchers shed light on the brain mechanism responsible for processing of speech
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Aug 12, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded for the first time in devising a model that describes and identifies a basic cellular mechanism that enables networks of neurons to efficiently decode speech ...
Reduced noise allows clearer mobile phone conversations
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Dutch researcher Richard Hendriks investigated how background noises can be suppressed in order to provide better sound quality in applications such as mobile phones and hearing aids.
Study examines function of prosthetic ears in improving hearing, speech recognition
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Prosthetic ears appear to improve hearing and speech recognition in noisy environments, according to a report in the September/October issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
When do babies develop a love of speech?
Feb 20, 2006 |
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Is the newborn preference for speech innate, developed in utero or acquired during the early days post-partum? McGill University psychologist Dr Athena Vouloumanos says she's broken the uterine sound barrier ...
Cochlear implant recipients experience improvement in quality of life
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Cochlear implant recipients experience a significant improvement in their quality of life, and have improved speech recognition, according to new research published in the March 2008 issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Ne ...
Researchers report gene associated with language, speech and reading disorders
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Aug 27, 2009 |
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A new candidate gene for Specific Language Impairment has been identified by a research team directed by Mabel Rice at the University of Kansas, in collaboration with Shelley Smith, University of Nebraska Medical Center, ...
Unraveling the roots of dyslexia
Mar 12, 2009 |
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By peering into the brains of people with dyslexia compared to normal readers, a study published online on March 12th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has shed new light on the roots of the learning disability, which ...
Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systems
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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Learning to talk also changes the way speech sounds are heard, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated resear ...
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