When you go under general anesthesia, you vanish. The surgeon speaks, monitors beep, nurses call out vitals, and you remember ...

An interview with a prominent researcher addresses common questions and helps untangle the auditory neuroscience underlying ...

Researchers have recently employed MRI technology to examine the brains of Nile crocodiles, unveiling new insights into brain evolution and how mammals and birds developed ...

Researchers in Germany have found that the color of a concert hall can alter how listeners perceive music, particularly its timbre. Using virtual reality simulations of venues in different hues, they ...

Does the deaf brain "see" with its ears? New research shows the auditory cortex maps visual space through selective deactivation, a breakthrough in neuroplasticity.

I first encountered the McGurk effect in a neuroscience class. My professor played a video of a person moving their lips as if saying “ga,” while the audio track played “ba.” Most students heard ...

A dose of music could do wonders for anxious people, according to clinical trial research out this month. Scientists in Toronto, Canada, and the UK observed what happened to people taking medication ...

A research team from the Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated for the first time in non-human primates that auditory stimulation at 40 Hz ...

Abstract: Blind football players navigate complex movements relying solely on auditory information, making them crucial for understanding human auditory perception and motor control. Our study ...

A study led by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has determined that the size and composition of our social support networks directly influence how we perceive our body image. The findings could ...

Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds. We were surprised to find just how bad we are. As our ...

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