Brain Processes Whistled Language Just as Spoken
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Like Snow White's seven dwarfs, shepherds on one of Spain's Canary Islands whistle while they work and use the sound to communicate over long distances.
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What makes the human heart sing? Researchers are taking a close look. What they've found may surprise you
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Science & environment: Political differences might be explained by a fundamental variation in how our brains are 'wired' to process information, study says.
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NEW YORK  - New research findings suggest  that the sound of a person's voice may predict his or her level  of sexual activity.
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Hearing voices in your head is so common it is normal, psychologists believe.
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With 6,000 characters to memorize, Westerners shudder at the idea reading even the most basic street signs and instructions in Chinese. A new set of brain images shows why: Reading English-style alphabets and Chinese characters use very different parts of the brain...
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Rats can use the rhythm of human language to tell the difference between Dutch and Japanese, researchers in Spain reported Sunday.
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New research shows how a part of the brain helps us recognize fear in other people's facial expressions. The discovery may one day aid people with autism.
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Telling people off activates a part of the brain linked to enjoyment and satisfaction, say scientists.
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Scientists have uncovered clues about how the brain imitates the actions of others.
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Cell phone emissions excite the part  of the brain cortex nearest to the phone, but it is not clear  if these effects are harmful, Italian researchers reported on  Monday.
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Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity.
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Researchers have found a 'bottleneck' in the brain that appears to explain why we struggle to do two things at once.
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HealthDayNews -- In a finding that offers insights into how young children learn language, researchers have discovered the early learning experiences of owls forever alter their brain circuitry.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have previously been.
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Being bilingual produces changes in the anatomy of the brain, scientists said on Wednesday in finding that could explain why children are so much better than adults at mastering a second language.
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Researchers at the University of California find that the right and left human ears process sound differently: The right ear is better at picking up speech-like sounds and the left is more attuned to music.