MIT engineers have developed a hybrid propulsion system that combines the raw push of ...

Short-term memories are thought to be formed deep within the brain in structures such as the hippocampus, but little is known ...

Researchers have shown that the brain’s primary auditory cortex is more responsive to human vocalizations associated with positive emotions and coming from our left side than to any other kind of ...

The auditory cortex processes sound through a hierarchical and parallel architecture, transforming raw acoustic input into perceptual and linguistic representations. Primary auditory areas exhibit ...

Neuroscientists at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Australia) have discovered a neural circuit ...

Recent advances in machine learning have shown that deep neural networks (DNNs) can provide powerful and flexible models of neural sensory processing. In the auditory system, standard linear-nonlinear ...

Xiaojing Tang et al. at Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence recently published a study in Science Bulletin titled “Parvalbumin Interneurons Are Essential for Tonotopy Strength in the ...

Scientists studying brain process involved in sight have found the visual cortex also uses information gleaned from the ears as well as the eyes when viewing the world. They suggest this auditory ...

A brain-controlled implant may boost hearing more than traditional hearing aids, a study suggests. More than one in seven Americans - 50 million people - are living with some degree of hearing loss, ...

Recent studies have found that brain regions previously thought to only process a specific type of sensory stimuli, such as the visual cortex, can also be affected by other sensory stimuli. This might ...