Researchers identify a brain pathway in humans that enables rapid, unconscious fear responses to scary sounds, similar to ...

Neuroscientists solve the "cocktail party problem," proving that neural amplification of vocal features like pitch and ...

Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or ...

Patients with chronic back pain reported heightened unpleasantness of auditory stimuli and mechanical pressure.

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 ...

Computational models that mimic the structure and function of the human auditory system could help researchers design better hearing aids, cochlear implants, and brain-machine interfaces. A new study ...

MIT neuroscientists have figured out how the brain is able to focus on a single voice among a cacophony of many voices, ...

Individuals with chronic back pain reported significantly higher levels of auditory sensitivity compared with pain-free ...