Scientists have shown that a non-invasive sound stimulation of the brain at a specific frequency can clear toxic proteins ...

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

A new study comparing stroke survivors with healthy adults reveals that post-stroke language disorders stem not from slower ...

Sensory overload is often about uncertainty and how long the brain has to stay engaged—especially in autism and ADHD.

The term “nervous breakdown” is no longer used—“mental-health crisis” is the nomenclature du jour—but I think I had one two years ago. My journey into the psychological night was precipitated by a ...

LumiSleep uses real-time EEG and adaptive sound to ease the transition into sleep, offering a more personalized alternative ...

A man’s silhouette in black and white with a colorful cross-fade shape overlapping right at his ear level. In the 1970s, psychologist Diana Deutsch was experimenting with a synthesizer, when she heard ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the sounds that I'm making right now enter your ear, your brain is effortlessly turning those air vibrations into a sentence that has meaning. Now, if we start to distort my voice, your brain has a ...