Researchers have shown that the brain’s primary auditory cortex is more responsive to human vocalizations associated with positive emotions and coming from our left side than to any other kind of ...
Acute perceptual effects and long-term auditory health are separate questions. A cross-sectional NHANES analysis by Qian and ...
This manuscript presents important findings that challenge traditional models of speech processing by demonstrating that theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling in the auditory cortex is primarily a ...
Xiaojing Tang et al. at Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence recently published a study in Science Bulletin titled “Parvalbumin Interneurons Are Essential for Tonotopy Strength in the ...
We invite you to imagine the tune of Happy Birthday right now! When you imagine this familiar melody, your ears aren’t involved, but some parts of the brain associated with the auditory system do ...
The team utilized the brain’s contralateral processing, in which visual information from one field is processed by the opposite hemisphere. By presenting visual stimuli to only the left or right side ...
Brains of the deaf seeing rhythmic lights look like others' listening to rhythms. Anecdotal, but on point. I have a mild case of synesthesia in which seeing pulsed patterns of light, or color, or even ...
I have been writing this blog since 2018, reporting on misophonia research and helping others with the disorder. As the research develops, there are always new topics to write about. Yet I also strive ...