What crying baby mice could teach us about human speech
Scientists have found a cluster of rhythmic brain cells in newborn mice that may explain why spoken languages around the world share a common tempo.
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Experimental Brain Implant Lets Man With Paralysis Turn His Thoughts Into Words
A stroke left a man paralyzed and speechless. Now a device that decodes brain signals is letting him generate words and sentences.
How The Brain Teases Apart A Song's Words And Music
Brain scans show that when people listen to songs, an area in the left hemisphere decodes speech-like sounds while one on the right processes musical information.
Decoded Brain Signals Could Give Voiceless People A Way To Talk
Scientists have found a way to transform electrical signals in the brain into intelligible speech. The advance may help people paralyzed by a stroke or disease, but the technology is experimental.
How People Learned To Recognize Monkey Calls Reveals How We All Make Sense Of Sound
A brain imaging study of grown-ups hints at how children learn that "dog" and "fog" have different meanings, even though they sound so much alike.
Whale Hello: Orcas Can Imitate Human Speech, Researchers Find
A killer whale attempting to say "hello" or "Amy" did not sound as clear as, say, a parrot. But scientists found that the whales could repeat human vocalizations with some success.