This collection seeks to advance our understanding of how sound is perceived and processed by biological systems, with a particular focus on the cognitive and psychological mechanisms underpinning ...

Prof Emi Hasuo studies how the brain perceives and processes sound rhythm. Surprisingly, the physical rhythm and perceived rhythm are sometimes different. Moreover, sounds of the same rhythm are ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

Whether it is dancing or just tapping one foot to the beat, we all experience how auditory signals like music can induce movement. Now new research suggests that motor signals in the brain actually ...

Although listening to music is common in all societies, the biological determinants of listening to music are largely unknown. According to a new study, listening to classical music enhanced the ...

If you aren’t a good listener when you’re stressed, you aren’t alone. Mice aren’t either. We process our world differently when we’re stressed out, and so, too, do mice. According to a new paper in ...

A study comparing individuals with misophonia with healthy people found that a triggering sound, that of a buzzing fly, significantly impaired the ability of individuals with misophonia to perceive ...