Over the past decades, computer scientists have introduced numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to emulate the organization and functioning of networks of neurons in the brain.

Researchers identify a brain pathway in humans that enables rapid, unconscious fear responses to scary sounds, similar to ...

Patients with chronic back pain reported heightened unpleasantness of auditory stimuli and mechanical pressure.

Xiaojing Tang et al. at Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence recently published a study in Science Bulletin titled “Parvalbumin Interneurons Are Essential for Tonotopy Strength in the ...

Neuroscientists solve the "cocktail party problem," proving that neural amplification of vocal features like pitch and location allows the brain to isolate voices.

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. A new study ...

Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious feature of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Up to 80 percent of people with these conditions experience auditory hallucinations, hearing speech or ...

Brains of the deaf seeing rhythmic lights look like others' listening to rhythms. Anecdotal, but on point. I have a mild case of synesthesia in which seeing pulsed patterns of light, or color, or even ...

Central sensitization in chronic back pain manifested as greater unpleasantness to both pressure and sound, with stronger and more specific amplification for auditory stimuli than mechanical ...