When two identical sounds are repeated quickly, a filter reduces the attention that the brain directs to the second sound it hears. In people with schizophrenia, this ability to reduce the brain's ...

Echolocation isn't just for the blind. A new study proves everyday adults can actively rewire their visual cortex to navigate ...

Preclinical studies on animals have identified brain pathways that drive quick, protective fear responses to "scary" sounds.

Are there certain sounds that really drive you crazy? Beyond mere frustration or annoyance, sounds that trigger uncontrollable feelings of anger and disgust? If so then you quite possibly suffer from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...

Scientists have discovered a brain pathway that explains why scary sounds can trigger fear before you even understand what ...

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

Scientists have yet to answer the age-old question of whether or how sound shapes the minds of fetuses in the womb, and expectant mothers often wonder about the benefits of such activities as playing ...

In experiments in newborn mice, scientists report that sounds appear to change 'wiring' patterns in areas of the brain that process sound earlier than scientists assumed and even before the ear canal ...

Our sound environment is extremely dense, which is why the brain has to adapt and implement filtering mechanisms that allow it to hold its attention on the most important elements and save energy.