The animate-inanimate category distinction is one of the general organizing principles in the primate high-level visual cortex. Much less is known about the visual cortical representations of animacy ...

When we speak, emphasizing a word or raising our voice on a syllable can radically change the meaning of a sentence. For ...

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Find out how our recognition of pitch, driven by Heschl's gyrus, enhances language comprehension and aids in communication ...

Even the smallest tonal variations, such as a speaker’s emphasis or intent, can significantly guide speech processing.

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Researchers discovered that Heschl’s gyrus, a brain region linked to sound processing, also deciphers pitch variations that ...

A new study reveals that Heschl’s gyrus, once thought to only process sound, actually plays a crucial role in interpreting ...

Researchers discover that Heschl’s gyrus plays a major role in interpreting speech qualities like pitch, tone, and emphasis.

Prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation induced small- to medium-sized clinical effects in cognitive and clinical ...

A new study has uncovered a revolutionary way to measure how quickly our brains are aging—not just how old they appear to be.