News tagged with auditory stimuli
Protein synthesis blocker may hold key to reducing effects of traumatic events
Reducing fear and stress following a traumatic event could be as simple as providing a protein synthesis blocker to the brain, report a team of researchers from McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, McGill University, ...
Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Children with auditory processing disorder may now have more treatment options, research shows
(Medical Xpress)—Several Kansas State University faculty members are helping children with auditory processing disorder receive better treatment.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Early music lessons boost brain development, researchers find
If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers. Those lessons you dreaded – or loved – helped develop your brain. The younger you started music lessons, ...
Neuroscience
Feb 12, 2013 |
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How the brain forms categories
Neurobiologists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna investigated how the brain is able to group external stimuli into stable categories. They found the answer in the discrete ...
Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2012 |
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Walking to the beat could help patients with Parkinson's disease
Walking to a beat could be useful for patients needing rehabilitation, according to a University of Pittsburgh study. The findings, highlighted in the August issue of PLOS One, demonstrate that researchers should further invest ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Sep 20, 2012 |
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Study unveils clue to the origin of dyslexia
Because dyslexia affects so many people around the world, countless studies have attempted to pinpoint the source of the learning disorder.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 19, 2012 |
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New study aims to train sufferers' auditory systems to 'ignore tinnitus'
An innovative multi-modal treatment programme for tinnitus will be trialled by researchers from the Centre for Brain Research at The University of Auckland, in a study made possible by a donation from Link Research and Grants.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 18, 2012 |
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Tense film scenes trigger brain activity: New ways to predict how audiences will respond
Visual and auditory stimuli that elicit high levels of engagement and emotional response can be linked to reliable patterns of brain activity, a team of researchers from The City College of New York and Columbia University ...
Neuroscience
Jun 14, 2012 |
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Multisensory integration: When correlation implies causation
In order to get a better picture of our surroundings, the brain has to integrate information from different senses, but how does it know which signals to combine? New research involving scientists from the ...
Neuroscience
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Parkinson's disease patients may benefit from virtual-reality-based therapies
In people with Parkinson's Disease (PD), the inability to make quick movements limits basic functioning in daily life. Movement can be improved by various cueing techniques, such as providing visual or auditory stimuli when ...
Medical research
Jul 11, 2011 |
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