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The auditory cortex is the region of the brain that is responsible for processing of auditory (sound) information. The primary auditory cortex is located in the temporal lobe. There are additional areas of the human cerebral cortex that are involved in processing sound, in the frontal and parietal lobes.

Hearing loss linked to accelerated Alzheimer's progression via GDF1 pathway

Study unveils the GDF1 signaling pathway's role in mitigating the adverse effects of hearing loss on Alzheimer's disease, spotlighting potential avenues for therapeutic development.

20 Mar 2024

How live music directly stimulates the affective brain, emotionally engaging listeners in real time

Researchers explore how live and recorded music stimulates the brain.

4 Mar 2024

Deep learning models replicate human auditory processing

Computational models that mimic the structure and function of the human auditory system could help researchers design better hearing aids, cochlear implants, and brain-machine interfaces.

13 Dec 2023

Anesthetic drug propofol cancels sensory processing by cutting it off communication within the cortex

General anesthesia evokes a dual mystery: How does it disrupt consciousness, including sensory perception, and what might that say about the nature of consciousness.

8 Nov 2023

New research reveals how our brains detect and signal mistakes

Whether improperly closing a door or shanking a kick in soccer, our brains tell us when we've made a mistake because these sounds differ from what we expect to hear.

6 Oct 2023

Study helps explain how the brain adapts during a critical period of adulthood

Developing brains become shaped by the sights, sounds, and experiences of early life. The brain's circuits grow more stable as we age.

5 Oct 2023

Music to my ears! Researchers reconstruct Pink Floyd song from brain activity

Researchers successfully reconstructed a snippet of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1" using neural recordings from the brains of neurosurgical patients. The study provides insights into the brain regions responsible for music perception and may pave the way for more advanced brain-computer interfaces and therapies for auditory processing disorders.

6 Sep 2023

Experts provide neural evidence for the glimpsing model of speech perception

Researchers led by Dr. Nima Mesgarani at Columbia University, US, report that the brain treats speech in a crowded room differently depending on how easy it is to hear, and whether we are focusing on it. Publishing June 6th in the open access journal PLOS Biology, the study uses a combination of neural recordings and computer modeling to show that when we follow speech that is being drowned out by louder voices, phonetic information is encoded differently than in the opposite situation. The findings could help improve hearing aids that work by isolating attended speech.

7 Jun 2023

Developmental exposure to PCBs blocks hearing recovery from acoustic trauma

Music, mice, and microscopic imaging combine to provide new insight into the effects of environmental chemicals on hearing loss.

5 Jun 2023

Brain’s primary auditory cortex favors positive vocalizations coming from the left side

Researchers have shown that the brain’s primary auditory cortex is more responsive to human vocalizations associated with positive emotions and coming from our left side than to any other kind of sounds.

21 May 2023

Practicing and listening to music could prevent working memory decline

Normal aging is associated with progressive cognitive decline. But can we train our brain to delay this process? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), HES-SO Geneva and EPFL has discovered that practicing and listening to music can alter cognitive decline in healthy seniors by stimulating the production of grey matter.

17 Apr 2023

Speech neuroprostheses can decode speech based on brain activity

Researchers from HSE University and the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a machine learning model that can predict the word about to be uttered by a subject based on their neural activity recorded with a small set of minimally invasive electrodes.

19 Jan 2023

Newborn hearing assessment can predict neurophysiological development at 12 months

Portuguese researchers have proven that hearing assessment in early-age infants can help predict milestones and early detection of neurodevelopmental disorder markers.

28 Oct 2022

Scientists identify the mechanism responsible for exceptional auditory abilities in Williams-Beuren syndrome

Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a rare disorder that causes neurocognitive and developmental deficits. However, musical and auditory abilities are preserved or even enhanced in WBS patients.

23 Sep 2022

Somatostatin neurons' properties are specialized in different subregions of the cortex, finds study

The brain's cerebral cortex is made up of distinct regions involved in myriad processes, from sensory perception to cognitive functions like memory, attention, and decision-making. University of Pittsburgh neuroscience researchers have found that the properties of one neuron subtype-;somatostatin neurons-;are specialized in different subregions of the cortex.

6 Sep 2022

Auditory Cortex News and Research

Hearing loss linked to accelerated Alzheimer's progression via GDF1 pathway

How live music directly stimulates the affective brain, emotionally engaging listeners in real time

Deep learning models replicate human auditory processing

Anesthetic drug propofol cancels sensory processing by cutting it off communication within the cortex

New research reveals how our brains detect and signal mistakes

Study helps explain how the brain adapts during a critical period of adulthood

Music to my ears! Researchers reconstruct Pink Floyd song from brain activity

Experts provide neural evidence for the glimpsing model of speech perception

Developmental exposure to PCBs blocks hearing recovery from acoustic trauma

Brain’s primary auditory cortex favors positive vocalizations coming from the left side

Practicing and listening to music could prevent working memory decline

Speech neuroprostheses can decode speech based on brain activity

Newborn hearing assessment can predict neurophysiological development at 12 months

Scientists identify the mechanism responsible for exceptional auditory abilities in Williams-Beuren syndrome

Somatostatin neurons' properties are specialized in different subregions of the cortex, finds study

MIT scientists discover a population of food-responsive neurons in the ventral visual stream

Wide variety of sounds can trigger misophonia, study says

Ultra-precise method identifies age-related changes in gamma oscillations in children's auditory cortex

Scientists uncover neural mechanisms through which sound blunts pain in mice

Stimulation of the auditory cortex improves speech perception over background noise

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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