How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...

A new study from UC San Francisco challenges the traditional view of how the brain strings sounds together to form words and orchestrates the movements to pronounce them. Speaking is one of the most ...

Dogs do it, cats do it, deer do it - in fact, many species of mammals can swivel their ears to direct their hearing. Humans lost this ability about 25 million years ago, but according to a new study, ...

During sleep, the brain must achieve a delicate balance: disconnecting from sensory input to allow restorative functions, while remaining alert enough to wake if danger arises. How does it sort ...

AFTER reading this article, you will never look at hearing loss the same way again.When you think about hearing loss, what ...

Summer is a time of the year when people usually spend a lot of time outside and many of us, author included, like to be in nature. Some research suggests that humans innately tend to seek connections ...

The sound of a fire alarm tells us to get out quickly to not get hurt, while the sight of a gas station sign can signal a chance to refuel. In everyday life, we learn to link cues we sense with what ...

A new study published in Advanced Science suggests that the brain uses two distinct, large-scale networks to recognize memorized musical sequences. One network appears to handle general sound ...

Genetics, audio processing and environment can all impact how our brains connect sounds to the symbols we use to read ...