Brain imaging adds further support to the idea that at least some children with dyslexia have trouble processing sound, rather than a visual problem. The study also shows that computer-based sound ...

Music instruction appears to accelerate brain development in young children, particularly in the areas of the brain that are responsible for processing sound, language development, speech perception ...

Teens’ brains can benefit from learning to make music, according to findings from a new study in Chicago. For more than a decade, Nina Kraus, the director of Northwestern University’s Auditory ...

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New research published in The Journal of Neuroscience reveals that basic sound processing remains active in the brainstem during non-rapid eye movement sleep, but weakens in the auditory cortex as ...

Auditory brainstem processing underpins our ability to determine the location of sounds in space, a function that is essential for navigation, communication, and environmental awareness. At the heart ...