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People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz. Published in Annals of Neurology, the study ...
Mar 3, 2026
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Presbycusis is a prevalent form of age-related hearing loss that also hinders speech recognition. While scientists have linked hearing loss to an increased risk of cognitive decline, the biological "bridge" between the two ...
Feb 16, 2026
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A new study reveals that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during cognitively demanding tasks. The findings could help inform new ways in which the condition is treated ...
Feb 9, 2026
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Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language they run together in one long stream of sound?
Nov 20, 2025
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When Kamini Sehrawat and Prof. Israel Nelken of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem exposed baby mice to the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, they weren't simply setting a mood. They were probing one of neuroscience's ...
Nov 3, 2025
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People with autism spectrum disorders commonly have difficulty processing sensory information, which can make busy, bright or loud settings—such as schools, airports and restaurants—stressful or even painful. The neurological ...
Oct 31, 2025
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A few years ago, I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I'd been walking for a few minutes, looking at the fields and the sky, there was a shift in my perception. Everything around me became ...
Oct 21, 2025
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When we are engaged in a task, our brain's auditory system changes how it works. One of the main auditory centers of the brain, the auditory cortex, is filled with neural activity that is not sound-driven—rather, this activity ...
Oct 17, 2025
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Research led by the University of Michigan's Kresge Hearing Research Institute and the University of Rochester illuminates the mechanisms through which humans can pick out and focus on single sounds in noisy environments.
Oct 6, 2025
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What happens when you listen to speech at a different speed? Neuroscientists thought that your brain may turn up its processing speed as well. But it turns out that at least the auditory part of the brain keeps "listening" ...
Sep 18, 2025
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