Object-based attention operates both in perception and visual working memory. While the efficient perception of auditory stimuli also requires the formation of auditory objects, little is known about ...

Motion perception is a key aspect of sensory processing that enables successful interaction with the environment. While visual motion perception has been extensively studied, little is known about the ...

Adults who stutter experience differences in how their brains process sound, and these sensory differences tend to overlap ...

Investigators are developing a new type of auditory brainstem implant that is designed to be soft, and flexible and address limitations of models currently in use. These implants may one day benefit ...

MIT engineers have developed a hybrid propulsion system that combines the raw push of ...

New research reveals that prolonged stress alters brain function, reducing sensitivity to sound over time. This study uncovers how the brain adapts to chronic stress, prioritizing other senses while ...

People tend to favor the exact same mating calls that female frogs, birds, and insects find most attractive in their own species. This overlap in auditory taste suggests that humans and other animals ...

Voice experiments in people with epilepsy have helped trace the circuit of electrical signals in the brain that allow its hearing center to sort out background sounds from their own voices. Such ...

Studies on misophonia have compared the newly termed disorder to Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, synesthesia, anger management problems, disorders related to impulse control, and ...

Three decades of psychological research show that our visual and auditory senses work together. Famously, an experiment by Robert Sekuler (1997) found that the presence or absence of a clicking sound ...