News articles tagged with 'sounds'
Human mind: Sound and vision wired through same 'black box'
— 13 Aug 2009 09:42 | HealthSounds and images share a similar neural code in the human brain, according to a new Canadian study. In the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),... — full story
How noise and nervous system get in way of reading skills
— 14 Jul 2009 15:37 | HealthA child's brain has to work overtime in a noisy classroom to do its typical but very important job of distinguishing sounds whose subtle differences are key to success with language... — full story
Manatees can probably hear which directions boats approach from
— 12 Jun 2009 17:08 | BiologyThe world is a perilous place for the endangered manatee. While the mammals are at risk from natural threats, human activity also poses a great danger to manatee numbers. Debborah Colbert,... — full story
Laughter hard-wired into humans by ape ancestor
— 5 Jun 2009 18:32 | BiologyHuman laughter can be traced back 10-16 million years to the last common ancestor of humans and great apes, according to new research published recently. Dr Marina Davila Ross, a primatologist... — full story
Scientists reaching consensus on how brain processes speech
— 27 May 2009 11:40 | HealthNeuroscientists feel they are much closer to an accepted unified theory about how the brain processes speech and language, according to a scientist at Georgetown University Medical... — full story
Thieving whale caught on video gives rare clues about hunting strategy, sound production
— 22 May 2009 12:04 | BiologyFor decades scientists have been intrigued by the variety of sounds emitted by sperm whales, partly due to a popular theory that suggests that the sounds might contain information about... — full story
Endangered right whales found where presumed extinct
— 21 May 2009 12:32 | BiologyUsing a system of underwater hydrophones that can record sounds from hundreds of miles away, a team of scientists from Oregon State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric... — full story
UCLA scientists discover ultrasonic communication among frogs
— 11 May 2009 16:40 | BiologyUCLA scientists report for the first time on the only known frog species that can communicate using purely ultrasonic calls, whose frequencies are too high to be heard by humans. Known... — full story
Unravelling the roots of dyslexia
— 20 Mar 2009 12:00 | HealthBy peering into the brains of people with dyslexia compared to normal readers, a study published online on 12th March in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has shed new light... — full story
Acoustic phenomena explains why boats and animals collide
— 10 Dec 2008 11:48 | TechnologyResearchers at Florida Atlantic University have laid the groundwork for a sensory explanation for why manatees and other animals are hit repeatedly by boats. Last year, 73 manatees... — full story