Human empathy makes us better at understanding animal sounds
Those who do well on human empathy tests are also measurably better at decoding the emotional sounds of animals, according ...
Tag: sounds
Whispers from the deep sea: the subtle sounds of hydrothermal vents #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 8, 2022 – Deep-sea hydrothermal vents host unique life that survives without sunlight, and they play a ...
Why those sounds from your upstairs neighbor are so annoying #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 6, 2022 – Most people have suffered through a noisy neighbor. Whether it's the constant stomping of ...
Our brains “time-stamp” sounds to process the words we hear
Our brains “time-stamp” the order of incoming sounds, allowing us to correctly process the words that we hear, shows a ...
CItyU researchers invent smart mask to track respiratory sounds for respiratory disease identification
Wearing face masks has been recognised as one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, even ...
Low-cost disease diagnosis by mapping heart sounds
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2022 – Aortic valve stenosis occurs when the aortic valve narrows, constricting blood flow from the heart ...
How the sounds we hear help us predict how things feel
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have made an important discovery about the way our brains process the sensations ...
Navy dolphins wearing video cameras capture the sights and sounds as they hunt fish and even a sea snake
Navy dolphins wearing video cameras capture the sights and sounds as they hunt fish and even a sea snake Credit: ...
Does this ring a bell? Wild bats can remember sounds for years
There are certain skills that once we acquire them, we rarely have to relearn them, like riding a bike or ...
Perseverance records the first ever sounds from Mars
For 50 years, interplanetary probes have returned thousands of striking images of the surface of Mars, but never a single ...
Orb-weaver spider uses web to capture sounds
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Charlotte’s web is made for more than just trapping prey. A study of orb weaver spiders finds their ...
From ‘boops’ to ‘unks,’ how scientists are using fish sounds to conserve underwater ecosystems
Cows moo. Wolves howl. Birds tweet. And fish, it turns out, make all sorts of ruckus. Credit: Photo credit: Kieran ...
Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, “GLUBS,” will help monitor changing marine life
Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ...
How the brain filters out sounds
FRANKFURT. Bats are renowned for their echolocation skills, navigation using sound therefore: they ‘see’ with their extremely sensitive hearing, by ...
Filtering unwanted sounds from baby monitors #ASA181
SEATTLE, December 2, 2021 -- New parents often keep a constant ear on their children, listening for any signs of ...
Waterfall sounds used as a telltale sign of water loss
WASHINGTON—Waterfalls have a specific threshold of water flow that must be maintained to preserve their characteristic sound and appearance, according ...
Monkeys, guinea pigs and native English speakers have very similar brain responses to speech sounds
PITTSBURGH, November 19, 2021 – Speech sounds elicit comparable neural responses and stimulate the same region in the brain of ...
Researchers translate insect defense chemicals into eerie sounds
Sawfly larvae protect themselves by secreting cocktails of unpleasant, volatile chemicals intended to repel predators, particularly ants. Researchers can assess ...
How birds, mammals and children learn sounds
Alex the grey parrot, who famously asked “what color?” when looking in the mirror, had astonishing abilities to mimic human ...