Schizophrenia may block the music in speech: study
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People with schizophrenia cannot hear false notes in music as well as healthy people do, and often cannot make out important tones that convey meaning in speech, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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Scientists flock to songbird research, hoping finches and canaries will provide insight into the mysteries of human speech, memory and neuron production. Randy Dotinga reports from the Society for Neuroscience convention in San Diego.
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People who talk on cellphones while  driving, even using &quot;hands-free&quot; devices, are as impaired as  drunk drivers, researchers said on Thursday.
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By Serena Gordon, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Depending on the type of sound you hear -- such as speech or music -- one ear may be more adeptly processing that information and sending it to a part of the brain specialized to hear that type of sound.    That's the conclusion of a study in the Sept...
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Schizophrenia, more common in men than in women in most parts of the world, is more prevalent in women in China, suggesting several external factors can play a part in the mental illness, scientists said on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - People who see colorful "auras"  in response to people or words may simply have a brain  condition, not psychic powers, according to a new research  report.
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Over the past several decades, a steady stream of studies has documented that people born in winter and spring have an increased risk for schizophrenia, a serious mental illness characterized by disordered thinking, hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.
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Challenging decades of scientific belief that the decoding of sound originates from a preferred side of the brain, UCLA and University of Arizona scientists have demonstrated that right-left differences for the auditory processing of sound start at the ear
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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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NEW YORK  - People who see colorful &quot;auras&quot; in response to people or words may simply have a brain condition, not psychic powers, according to a new research report.
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The study showed that exposure to even mild stress can boost levels of memory-inhibiting PKC. The enzyme may also worsen the symptoms of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and contribute to the deterioration of higher brain function.
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Brain scans can detect changes in grey matter, which could help doctors predict illnesses such as schizophrenia, British researchers said.
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If you haven't already been scared away from using your cell phone, now researchers are checking whether frequent usage can slow brain function.
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NEW YORK  - Music lessons may give a boost  to the IQ scores of children, even if they're less than musical  prodigies, new research suggests.
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New research suggests that schizophrenics process information at a lower frequency than healthy people, almost as if their minds were filled with bad connections.
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MONDAY, Dec. 20 (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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I&#39;m not the first person to suggest Mozart suffered from Tourette&#39;s syndrome. The idea was mooted by a Scandinavian scientist who based his theory on the scatological tone of Mozart&#39;s letters.