A new study suggests that sound may influence fetal development earlier than previously thought, potentially before the ear canal even opens. The researchers found that deaf newborn mice had different ...

Soft sounds can soothe mice to a point where they don't feel pain, according to an international team of researchers working with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and China's ...

An international team of scientists has identified the neural mechanisms through which sound blunts pain in mice. The newly reported research, led by teams at the National Institute of Dental and ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that male and female mice develop distinct sound preferences depending on their early auditory environment. When exposed as pups to ...

The sound of a fire alarm tells us to get out quickly to not get hurt, while the sight of a gas station sign can signal a chance to refuel. In everyday life, we learn to link cues we sense with what ...

Could people’s eyes and ears help fix the damage Alzheimer’s disease does to the brain? Just by looking at flashing light and listening to flickering sound? A new study led by a prominent MIT ...

There's a particular order to the sounds of the ultrasonic song a male mouse performs to impress his potential mate. But for male mice carrying a genetic mutation known to affect human speech, it is ...