Being able to recognize our own voice is a critical factor for our sense of control over our speech, according to a study by researchers at the University of Tokyo. If people think they hear someone else's voice when they ...
Jul 5, 2022
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For years, Professor Lauri Parkkonen's team at Aalto University has been developing quantum optical sensors for measuring the brain's magnetic fields using a technique known as magnetoencephalography (MEG). In traditional ...
Jun 20, 2022
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Like a thick velvety headband, the somatosensory cortex arcs across the top of brain from just above one ear to the other.
Jun 16, 2022
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For the past several decades, psychedelics have been widely stigmatized as dangerous illegal drugs. But a recent surge of academic research into their use to treat psychiatric conditions is spurring a recent shift in public ...
Mar 17, 2022
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Aleena Garner still remembers the moment she decided to pursue neurobiology. She was in an undergraduate chemistry class when realization struck: the human brain—that three-pound organ capable of carrying out an endless ...
Mar 8, 2022
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Neurobiologists from HSE University and the RAS Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology proved that the human brain unconsciously distinguishes between even very similar sound signals during passive listening. ...
Feb 9, 2022
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One out of five patients with hearing loss, severe hearing impairment or who were born deaf, have deformations in the inner ear, and could benefit from having an advanced hearing aid known as a cochlear implant (CI) implanted. ...
Jan 18, 2022
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The period after birth of a child is supposed to be a time of great happiness for women. However, a significant number of new mothers will experience a mental illness at this time.
Nov 11, 2021
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Visually impaired babies rely more on touch than hearing to respond to the world around them, but both senses will be important in designing tools to help them develop, according to new research.
Sep 22, 2021
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Cochlear implants help deaf patients in hearing, yet the current technology remains far from perfect. A research team led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has shown that neonatally deafened rats could ...
Sep 14, 2021
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