The relationship of sound environments with mood and emotions is highly variable across individuals, study shows.Image Credit: Flickr/Jackson Romie
Sounds, such as music and noise, are capable of reliably affecting individuals' moods and emotions, possibly by regulating brain dopamine, a...
The brain of Gnathonemus petersii is larger in proportion to its body than a human's. To keep up with the energy demands of its big brain, it has evolved a Schnauzenorgan, a chin appendage covered with electroreceptors that helps...
If a single, consistent voice speaks a stream of words, brains get used to the voice right away and adapt. But if every word spoken is in a different voice, the brain does not adapt. The difference in adaptation,...
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Humans are exquisitely skilled at perceiving spoken words, even when speakers' voices are intermittently overwhelmed by noise, as happens in the din of construction sites or on busy urban streets. Now, in a study conducted in...
When you're suddenly able to understand someone despite their thick accent, or finally make out the lyrics of a song, your brain appears to be re-tuning to recognize speech that was previously incomprehensible.
University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists have now...
New, functional brain cells replace those destroyed by stroke in animals. Here, cells are in various stages of maturity: immature cells are green, more mature cells are red and fully mature cells are orange. Credit: University of California, Los...
Brain regions with volume changes after pregnancy. Credit: Oscar Vilarroya
A study directed by researchers from the UAB and IMIM are the first to reveal how pregnancy causes long-lasting alterations in brain structure, probably related to improving the mother's ability...
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People who have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia are more likely to try cannabis, according to new research, which also found a causal link between trying the drug and an increased risk of the condition.
The study...
A child wearing a device that measures electrical activity in the brain chooses between doors on a computer screen. Choosing one door wins points while the other results in a loss of points. Washington University researchers have found that...
At night, early risers demonstrate a quicker reaction time when solving unusual attention-related tasks than night owls, but these early risers make more mistakes along the way.Credit: © Pedro Ribeiro Simões / Flickr
It has been known for a long...
There is a gender difference in understanding visual cues, according to a study.Image Credit: Flickr/lior mosko
Women and men look at faces and absorb visual information in different ways, which suggests there is a gender difference in understanding visual cues,...
