News tagged with listeners
Body size conveyed by voice determines vocal attractiveness
Deep male voices and high-pitched female voices are perceived as more attractive because listeners gauge the speaker's body size from the frequency of their voice, according to research published April 24 in the open access ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Young offenders need a verbal toolkit to unlock literacy
Half of Australia's young male offenders have a clinically significant, previously unidentified language deficit.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 06, 2013 |
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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 |
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Neuroscientists suggest perception of harmonicity, not beating underlies perception of dissonance
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Montreal and New York University suggest in a paper they've had published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that the perception of har ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Hearing brains are 'deaf' to disappearance of sounds, study reveals
Our brains are better at hearing new and approaching sounds than detecting when a sound disappears, according to a study published today funded by the Wellcome Trust. The findings could explain why parents often fail to notice ...
Neuroscience
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Noisy surroundings take toll on short-term memory
Have you ever noticed how tiresome it can be to follow a conversation at a noisy party? Rest assured: this is not necessarily due to bad hearing – although that might make things worse. Scientists at the ...
Neuroscience
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Finding sounds in an audible haystack
Listening to a single voice in a crowded cocktail party sometimes seems like picking a needle out of a haystack, but new research shows that people may be better at this than expected.
Medical research
Jun 22, 2012 |
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First example of a heritable abnormality affecting semantic cognition found
Four generations of a single family have been found to possess an abnormality within a specific brain region which appears to affect their ability to recall verbal material, a new study by researchers at the University of ...
Neuroscience
Jun 19, 2012 |
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Turn down the iPod to save your hearing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's ubiquitous MP3 players permit users to listen to crystal-clear tunes at high volume for hours on end — a marked improvement on the days of the Walkman. But according to Tel Aviv ...
Health
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Baby lab reveals surprisingly early gift of gab
From the moment they're born, babies are highly attuned to communicate and motivated to interact. And they're great listeners.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Keep the beat say, rhythm researchers
Why we do move when we hear good music? Researchers at McMaster University have found that tapping to the beat measurably enriches the listening experience, broadening our capacity to understand timing and ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2011 |
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New sound synchronization technology holds the key to earlier diagnosis of heart disease
Innovative UK technology is contributing to the development of a revolutionary digital stethoscope that could make it easier for GPs to spot the first signs of heart disease.
Cardiology
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Artful dodgers: Responding but not answering often undetected
How can some people respond to a question without answering the question, yet satisfy their listeners? This skill of "artful dodging" and how to better detect it are explored in an article published by the American Psychological ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2011 |
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