Clusters, Computers And The Human Brain
...ed by 300 people, with the sound of every person's voice represented as a combination of more than 600 acoustic parameters. Without being given any instructions other than the command to look for clusters, the algorithm correctly organized this huge mass of data into clusters corresponding to letters of th...Biggest Acoustics Meeting Ever
...an opera house should be small, so that a singer's voice can beprojected to maximum effect. Secondly, the sound coming from the orchestra must be handled differentlyfrom that of a singer, since the instrumentalists are relegated to the pit in opera performance. At session2pAAa, Maria Ida Biggi of the Unive...Study: Device Prevents Epileptic Seizures, Doesn't Damage Hearts
...tes." Possible side effects include slight voice alterations and occasionaltight feelings in the throat, Vaughn said. Some patients report a tinglingsensation when the device discharges, but most patients stop noticing sideeffects with time. Battery life is about three years, and no one knows for s...Birds Deal With "Cocktail Party Effect"
...the human brain is able to selectively focus onone voice from among the tangle of other voices and sounds. ... studied how infants are able toconcentrate on one voice that is mixed with background sounds.The ability may help them learn language quickly; by tuning out...Human-Like Ability, Categorical Perception, Found In Insects
...tinuum of variation between 'ba' and 'pa' based on voice onset time or VOT, which instruments can detect, our ears don't discriminate. We hear either 'ba' or 'pa' and that's how we label it. That is categorical perception, and it looked like crickets might categorically perceive sounds as either 'other c...