Neuroscience
Songbirds pinpoint effects of Huntington's disease
Although Huntington's disease is caused by mutations in a single gene, understanding how it ravages the brain and body has been anything but simple.
Mar 7, 2016
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Why your favourite song takes you down memory lane
Music triggers different functions of the brain, which helps explain why listening to a song you like might be enjoyable but a favourite song may plunge you into nostalgia, scientists said on Thursday.
Aug 28, 2014
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Neuroscience
What songbirds tell us about how we learn
When you throw a wild pitch or sing a flat note, it could be that your basal ganglia made you do it. This area in the middle of the brain is involved in motor control and learning. And one reason for that errant toss or off-key ...
Apr 8, 2014
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Neuroscience
Turning off major memory switch dulls memories
A faultily formed memory sounds like hitting random notes on a keyboard while a proper one sounds more like a song, scientists say.
Dec 11, 2013
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Neuroscience
Ten-year project redraws the map of bird brains
Explorers need good maps, which they often end up drawing themselves.
Sep 17, 2013
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Neuroscience
Study shows fruit fly is ideal model to study hearing loss in people
If your attendance at too many rock concerts has impaired your hearing, listen up.
Sep 2, 2013
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Neuroscience
Wired for sound: A small fish's brain illustrates how people and other vertebrates produce sounds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers have identified regions of a fish brain that reveal the basic circuitry for how all vertebrates, including humans, generate sound used for social communication.
Jun 14, 2011
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Neuroscience
Teen brain data may predict pop song success, study finds
An Emory University study suggests that the brain activity of teens, recorded while they are listening to new songs, may help predict the popularity of the songs.
Jun 13, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Music therapy could help manage the pain of bereavement
Grief has always inspired songwriters. Popular songs including Let Me Go, by Gary Barlow, Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven and The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics, were all written as a way of working through the grief ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Neuroscience
Measuring the brain's response to different musical genres with artificial intelligence
A research team from the University of Malaga (Andalusia, Spain) has analyzed how the brain responds to hearing different musical genres and has classified the electrical signals that occur in it by means of artificial intelligence, ...
Feb 26, 2024
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