Psychology & Psychiatry
Rodents seem to make the same logical errors humans do
Animals, like humans, appear to be troubled by a Linda problem.
Mar 30, 2023
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Pediatrics
Shh! Intensive care incubators resonate sounds and risk damage to premature babies' hearing, scientists say
For vulnerable premature babies, an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a lifesaver, but the consequences can last a lifetime. Many studies have shown that the NICU is a noisy environment and that babies ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Understanding sound direction estimation in monaural hearing
The ability to locate sounds in the surrounding environment is a remarkable feature of the human ear. Typically, people with good hearing use both ears to detect and interpret auditory cues.
Mar 14, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study shows that the lateral orbitofrontal cortex 'writes' cognitive maps in the brain
The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is a region in the frontal lobe of the brain known to be involved in decision-making and information processing. The lateral part of this brain region, known as the lOFC, has been identified ...
Neuroscience
Brain cells use a 'telephone trick' to report what they see
"How many fingers am I holding up?"
Nov 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
Our brains 'time-stamp' sounds to process the words we hear
Our brains "time-stamp" the order of incoming sounds, allowing us to correctly process the words that we hear, shows a new study by a team of psychology and linguistics researchers. Its findings, which appear in the journal ...
Nov 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
How can infants learn about sounds in their native language?
Infants can differentiate most sounds soon after birth, and by age 1, they become language-specific listeners. But researchers are still trying to understand how babies recognize which acoustic dimensions of their language ...
Sep 19, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
The FDA says you can get hearing aids without a prescription. Here's how
Despite what Mick Jagger claims, time is not on our side.
Aug 26, 2022
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Genetics
Massive genome study informs the biology of reading and language
What is the biological basis of our uniquely human capacity to speak, read and write? A genome-wide analysis of five reading- and language-based skills in many thousands of people, published in PNAS, identifies shared biology ...
Aug 26, 2022
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Neuroscience
Converting sound to touch
According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) more than 5% of the world's population is affected by hearing loss and deafness, which is mostly caused by loss of hair cells in the ear. For future treatment, ...
Mar 28, 2022
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