Hello, I am Ushio Saito. In the previous unit, we looked at how the outer ear and middle ear work together to convert air vibrations into "vibrations of the fluid in the inner ear." Now, in this unit, ...

Research psychologist Robert Epstein believes that the brain may function as a transducer connected to the “Other Side,” from which we receive information that shapes our consciousness. This neural ...

For decades, neuroscientists have thought about communication between the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia in a fairly linear way. The cortex sends information into the basal ganglia, where that ...

Elephants can communicate with other elephants across distances of up to five kilometers (3 miles) by producing sounds that travel through the air. However, they have a second way of sending signals: ...

Imagine a crowded room. It's a chaos of sound, teeming with indistinct voices. Scientists call this the cocktail party problem. To overcome it, most people are able to focus on a single speaker's ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...

If your child can answer a question when it’s written down, but falls apart when it’s said out loud, you’re not imagining things. Auditory memory is the skill that helps a student hold onto spoken ...

Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds. We were surprised to find just how bad we are. As our ...

Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious feature of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Up to 80 percent of people with these conditions experience auditory hallucinations, hearing speech or ...

Altmetric provides a collated score for online attention across various platforms and media. See more details Insects’ sound and vibration detection including proprioception rely on the scolopidium—a ...

Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Cancer Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Institute for Zoology and Evolutionary Research, Friedrich ...

Hearing loss is a life-altering condition that affects millions worldwide, including one in 500 newborns and nearly half of adults older than 65. While genetic factors are a major contributor, most ...