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...ting acoustical "beats" produced by the concurrent hums get converted into rhythmicallytimed nerve signals in the brain, allowing individuals to distinguish between the different songs (4aAB1). Reducing Noise in the Transportation Landscape In an unexpected discovery, researchers have found that h......ting acoustical "beats" produced by the concurrent hums get converted intorhythmically timed nerve signals in the brain, allowing individuals todistinguish between the different songs (Meeting Paper 4aAB1). Whales generatelong rhythmic patterns of sound, and some sounds can travel hundreds of milesunderw...'Auditory Scene Analysis' Helps Find Mates
...rons that respond to a 100-Hz hum. Whenever the hums of two neighboring and competing males overlap, t..."Just as we expected, two or more synthesized fish hums played together produce the rhythmic, acoustic beats," Bass reports. "And sure enough, the females ...Hormone helps fish to mate, may affect human hearing
...females' ears to the upper harmonics of the males' hums should improve detection of their vocalizations. Upper harmonics propagate farther in shallow water environments like those where midshipman males build nests and sing their love song to attract females. "But the females can't process this vital info...When male fish hum, females swim in, thanks to hormones, adaptable hearing
...system that enables females to zero in on the love hums broadcast by males during the breeding season is p... females' ear to the upper harmonics of the males' hums should improve detection of their vocalization," said Bass, who is a professor of neurobiology and b...