Neuroscience

Slips of the ear: When knowledge deceives perception

Misperception of speech results from a weak representation of the difference between what we expect to hear and what is actually said, according to a human neuroimaging study published in JNeurosci. The research provides ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Understanding our perception of rhythm

Scientists have long known that while listening to a sequence of sounds, people often perceive a rhythm, even when the sounds are identical and equally spaced. One regularity that was discovered over 100 years ago is the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Study reveals vision's role in vowel perception

For all talkers, except perhaps the very best ventriloquists, the production of speech is accompanied by visible facial movements. Because speech is more than just sound, researchers set out to ascertain the exact visual ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

'Slow thinking' a conversation stopper for people with Parkinson's

Cognitive impairment could affect the conversational ability of people with Parkinson's more than physical speech problems - according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Aberdeen.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Speech a new marker for depression treatment response

(Medical Xpress) -- Speech can measure the severity of depression as well as a patient’s response to treatment, a new collaborative study between the University of Melbourne and the Center for Psychological Consultation ...

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