News tagged with vocal communication


Need for culturally sensitive treatment for deaf patients with psychiatric disorders

Members of the Deaf community who suffer from mental health problems need culturally sensitive treatment to avoid misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment, according to a report in the March Journal of Psychiatric Practice. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Language protein differs in males, females

Male rat pups have more of a specific brain protein associated with language development than females, according to a study published February 20 in The Journal of Neuroscience. The study also found sex differences in the ...

Neuroscience created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neural circuit in the songbird brain that encodes representation of learned vocal sounds located

(Medical Xpress)—Although less than half the size of a walnut and weighing one gram, the brain of a songbird is fully capable of generating complex learned behaviors. Songbirds are one of the few groups ...

Neuroscience created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast