From the Aalto University press release via MedicalXpress: The birth of sensory perception on the human cerebral cortex is yet to be fully explained. The different areas on the cortex function in cooperation, and no…
From the Acoustical Society of America press release via Newswise: Although we have little awareness that we are doing it, we spend most of our lives filtering out many of the sounds that permeate our…
From the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) press release via Newswise: Can blindness or other forms of visual deprivation really enhance our other senses such as hearing or touch? While this theory is widely regarded…
From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release via EurekAlert!: The next time you set a trap for that rat running around in your basement, here’s something to consider: you are going up against an…
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release via Newswise: The hair cells of the inner ear have a previously unknown “root” extension that may allow them to communicate with nerve cells and the…
From the University of Michigan press release: It can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at…
From the Northwestern University press release: Age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or offset with musical training, according to a new study from Northwestern University. The study is the…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: In order to get a better picture of our surroundings, the brain has to integrate information from different senses, but how does it know which signals to combine? New research…
From the UCLA press release: Our senses of sight and hearing work closely together, perhaps more than people realize, a new UCLA psychology study shows. “If we think of the perceptual system as a democracy…