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This Is Your Brain on Freestyle Rap: Study Reveals Characteristic Brain Patterns of Lyrical Improvisation
November 15, 2012 — Researchers have shown that freestyle rapping is associated with a unique functional reallocation of brain activity in the prefrontal cortex and proposes a novel neural network that appears to be ... > full story -
Remixed Brain Waves Reveal Soundtrack of the Human Brain
November 14, 2012 — Scientists have combined and translated two kinds of brain wave recordings into music, transforming one recording (EEG) to create the pitch and duration of a note, and the other (fMRI) to control the ... > full story -
Brain Waves Make Waves
November 14, 2012 — Naturally, our brain activity waxes and wanes. When listening, this oscillation synchronizes to the sounds we are hearing. Researchers have found that this influences the way we listen. Hearing ... > full story -
Diabetic Patients Have Higher Prevalence of Hearing Impairment
November 14, 2012 — Patients with diabetes have a significantly higher prevalence of hearing impairment than patients without diabetes, according to a ... > full story -
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Grasshoppers Change Their Tune to Stay Tuned Over Traffic Noise
November 13, 2012 — Grasshoppers are having to change their song -- one of the iconic sounds of summer -- to make themselves heard above the din of road traffic, ecologists have discovered. The study is the first to ... > full story -
First Noiseless Single Photon Amplifier
November 12, 2012 — Research physicists have demonstrated the first device capable of amplifying the information in a single particle of light without adding noise. The next step will be to build additional quantum ... > full story -
Soothing Sounds During Cataract Surgery Reduces Patient Anxiety
November 12, 2012 — New research shows that the use of an audio therapy known as binaural beats can significantly reduce patients' anxiety during cataract surgery. The 141-patient study, conducted in Thailand, is the ... > full story -
Software Improves Quality of Sound for Hearing Aid Users
November 8, 2012 — New software could greatly improve sound perception for users of hearing aids. The software prescribes the amount of amplification of high-frequency sounds required to restore the audibility of such ... > full story -
Next-Generation Echo Sounder Ready
November 8, 2012 — Echo sounders are used to find fish in the ocean, observe their behavior, and estimate their quantity and size as well as the abundance and distribution of the plankton upon which fish feed. Research ... > full story -
Firm Molecular Handshake Needed for Hearing and Balance
November 7, 2012 — Researchers have mapped the precise 3-D atomic structure of a thin protein filament critical for cells in the inner ear and calculated the force necessary to pull it apart. These findings show the ... > full story
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