Human brains do something peculiar when a chimpanzee screams or hoots. Instead of treating those sounds as generic animal ...

The subset of people who don’t experience joy or derive any pleasure from music have “musical anhedonia” and it’s happening ...

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

Clear hearing is essential for staying connected. Yet, for many, hearing challenges create barriers to communication and cognitive well-being. Tahoe Family Hearing Clinic is bridging that gap with ...

A brief period of postnatal visual deprivation, when early in life, drives a rewiring of the brain areas involved in visual processing, even if the visual restoration is completed well before the baby ...

A small group of people experience no pleasure from music despite normal hearing and intact emotions. Brain imaging reveals ...

Background. There are about 1.6 billion GSM cellular phones in use throughout the world today. Numerous papers have reported various biological effects in humans exposed to electromagnetic fields ...

Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious feature in schizophrenia. Up to 80 percent of people with the disease experience auditory hallucinations—hearing voices or other sounds when there ...

This post is part one of a series. Speaking feels like the most natural thing in the world. You think a thought, open your mouth, and words tumble out in perfect sequence. Yet this apparent simplicity ...