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Language Learning Begins in Utero, Study Finds; Newborn Memories of Oohs and Ahs Heard in the Womb
January 2, 2013 — Babies only hours old are able to differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language, scientists have discovered. The study indicates that babies begin absorbing language ... > full story -
Birdsong Study Pecks Theory That Music Is Uniquely Human
December 27, 2012 — A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests a new study on white-throated sparrows. The new study found that the same neural reward ... > full story -
How Songbirds Learn to Sing: Mathematical Model Explains How Birds Correct Mistakes to Stay on Key
December 20, 2012 — Scientists studying how songbirds stay on key have developed a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for the brain to learn than others, building the first mathematical model that ... > full story -
Super-Fine Sound Beam Could One Day Be an Invisible Scalpel
December 19, 2012 — A carbon-nanotube-coated lens that converts light to sound can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever before. The engineering researchers who developed the new therapeutic ... > full story -
Noise Power on Adhesion: New Model May Help Robotic Fingers, Made of a Soft Surface, Manipulate Small Objects
December 17, 2012 — A new model could ultimately help robotic fingers, made of a soft surface, manipulate small objects. Imagine a solid ball rolling down a slightly inclined ramp. Scientists have studied the effect of ... > full story -
If You Cut Down a Tree in the Forest, Can Wildlife Hear It?
December 14, 2012 — A new tool is being used by scientists and land managers to model how noise travels through landscapes and affects species and ecosystems -— a major factor in land and wildlife management ... > full story -
Head-Mounted Cameras Could Help Robots Understand Social Interactions
December 13, 2012 — What is everyone looking at? It's a common question in social settings because the answer identifies something of interest, or helps delineate social groupings. Those insights someday will be ... > full story -
Dolphin Hearing System Component Found in Insects
December 13, 2012 — A hearing system component thought to be unique in toothed whales like dolphins has been discovered in insects, following research involving the University of ... > full story -
Rhesus Monkeys Cannot Hear the Beat in Music
December 13, 2012 — Beat induction, the ability to pick up regularity -- the beat -- from a varying rhythm, is not an ability that rhesus monkeys possess, researchers have ... > full story -
'Smart Stethoscope' Advance in Monitoring Treatment of Kidney Stones
December 12, 2012 — A new listening device is being used to monitor the effectiveness of the treatment of kidney stones -- saving patients unnecessary repeat therapy and x-ray monitoring. The new 'Smart stethoscope' is ... > full story
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