Nails on a chalkboard. Loud breathing. Sneezing. These sounds can often be irritating and leave ears ringing with discomfort.

How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...

Dyslexia, which manifests itself in difficulties with reading and writing, affects about 10% of children. Previously, it was ...

The subset of people who don't experience joy or derive pleasure from music have "musical anhedonia" and it's happening in ...

Genetics, audio processing and environment can all impact how our brains connect sounds to the symbols we use to read ...

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

Updated guidance on vascular cognitive impairment emphasizes executive function and processing speed, endorses brief, ...

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A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

In the natural world, many situations exist in which a percept remains constant in the presence of profound changes in the physical stimulus affecting the sensory receptors. Some of the most ...

White noise is a random signal with equal power across frequencies, commonly heard as static, and widely used in acoustics ...