News tagged with human voice

Study shows human brain able to discriminate syllables three months prior to birth

(Medical Xpress)—A team of French researchers has discovered that the human brain is capable of distinguishing between different types of syllables as early as three months prior to full term birth. As ...

Neuroscience Feb 26, 2013 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 7 |

Researchers find that listening abilities depend on rhythms in the brain

(Medical Xpress)—Naturally, our brain activity waxes and wanes. When listening, this "oscillation" synchronizes to the sounds we are hearing. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have found that this ...

Neuroscience Nov 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 7 |

Once again with feeling: Australian science tugs heart-strings

Do humans really wear their hearts on their sleeve? An ambitious Australian neuroscience project aiming to translate emotional impulses directly into music is hoping to find out.

Psychology & Psychiatry Aug 23, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A material to rejuvenate aging and diseased human vocal cords

A new made-in-the-lab material designed to rejuvenate the human voice, restoring the flexibility that vocal cords lose with age and disease, is emerging from a collaboration between scientists and physicians, a scientist ...

Medical research Aug 20, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Study links 23 microRNAs to laryngeal cancer

A Henry Ford Hospital study has identified 23 microRNAs for laryngeal cancer, a discovery that could yield new insight into what causes certain cells to grow and become cancerous tumors in the voice box.

Cancer Sep 13, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Linking reading to voice recognition

When people recognize voices, part of what helps make voice recognition accurate is noticing how people pronounce words differently. But individuals with dyslexia don't experience this familiar language advantage, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jul 29, 2011 | not rated yet | 1 |

Babies are specially attuned to our voices and emotions

Young babies' brains are already specially attuned to the sounds of human voices and emotions, according to a report published online on June 30 in Current Biology.

Neuroscience Jun 30, 2011 | not rated yet | 2 |