Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in Trieste, published in PLOS Computational Biology. The research shows that, ...

We tend to think of our five senses (vision, audition, smell, taste, and touch) as separate processes occurring independently within the brain and body. But, ever since the landmark studies on ...

Sounds you consciously perceive affect your brain differently than sounds you don't, a recent Yale study found. For the study, researchers played participants a series of tones—ranging in intensity ...

Close your eyes and imagine a sound, someone’s voice, coming from your left. It slowly shifts to come from behind you, then moves to your right. Around and around, it circles. Suddenly, the voice ...

A multivariate analysis of electroencephalography activity reveals super-additive enhancements to the neural encoding of audiovisual stimuli, providing new insights into how the brain integrates ...

Isabel Gauthier receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Jason Chow does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

The primary sense for humans is vision. We depend on it in every aspect of our lives, and it is pretty straightforward. Speech, on the other hand, is multimodal, meaning it relies on both auditory ...