Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

Melanin can either protect or worsen hereditary hearing loss depending on genetic context, as reported by researchers from ...

If hearing an old song or getting a whiff of freshly sharpened pencils instantly carries you back to high school, you’re familiar with the link between your senses and memory. W ...

The primary auditory cortex is more involved in listening because it is more directly processing the sounds coming in. But when imagining, the higher-order auditory areas become more involved ...

This study examines whether auditory cortex anatomy reflects multilingual experience, specifically individuals’ phonological repertoire. Using data from over 200 participants exposed to 1–7 languages ...

However, there has been very little research on all levels of the auditory system, starting at the cochlea, moving through the brainstem, and up through the primary auditory cortex.

One current hypothesis suggests that the cortex’s primary role is to predict what’s going to happen in the future by identifying and encoding new information it receives from the outside world and ...

Recent studies also show that primary sensory cortices in expert animals are not merely adjusting representations of task-relevant stimuli but are actively involved in encoding decision-making ...

Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks—And It Remodels Your Brain Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain’s visual cortex for sound, even in sighted people ...

Levitin, best known for his 2006 book “This Is Your Brain on Music,” tackles a more specific subject this time out: the ...

The temporal lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex. It is the lower lobe of the cortex and has associations with several conditions. Learn more.