Ability to listen to 2 things at once is largely inherited, says twin study
...onsense syllables entering each earcalled dichotic listening ability. The tests in which different one-syllable...As much as 73 percent of the variation in dichotic listening ability was due to genetic differences, a magnitude that is comparable to well-known inherited trait...It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that (modern) swing
...s the sharpest intellect. What all this careful listening and selectiveness might add up to is a part of the subtle process by which one bird species can become two, Derryberry argues. Bird song is something "cultural" that distinguishes bird populations; it is learned, it takes on regional variations and i...What's the backscatter of your beer?
...technologys non-invasive, continuous and objective listening technique in tracking microbial growth through the different process phases. A team of researchers at PNNL can track the size and concentration of particles within opaque slurries by attaching an acoustic-based technology to the outside of a large ...Pendulum love, science class gender gaps, musical mind mirrors, and unparticle physics
...monitor the brain activity of participants who are listening to music. This study will assess whether the complexity of a participant¿s brain activity is affected by the complexity of the composition. In addition, they will seek "fits" where the complexity of the music resembles the brain activity of the lis...Duetting birds with rhythm present a greater threat
... level of threat perceived by members of the birds listening audiences remained uncertain. Hall and study collaborator Robert Magrath of Australian National University, Canberra, tested the function of duet precision by broadcasting coordinated and uncoordinated songs on twelve magpie-lark territories. Male ...Eavesdropping comes naturally to young song sparrows
...phone calls of Americans, young song sparrows were listening to and learning the tunes sung by their neighbors....g 30 percent of songs were acquired when they were listening to tutors early in life. Beecher thinks the young birds learn more by eavesdropping because it is l...Alcohol use during pregnancy leads to greater risk of extreme preterm delivery
... certain; but we used ultrasound dating. Its like listening to FM radio, rather than AM radio that has a lot of static; it is easier to hear whats being said with less noise in the background." Sokol and his colleagues collected data on exposure to alcohol, cocaine and cigarettes, as well as corresponding ...Study shows isolation of stem cells may lead to a treatment for hearing loss
CLEVELAND, OH -- Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though the effects wont show until it is too late to treat. In addition t...Music genes and musical geniuses
... problems as well as potential treatments based on listening and producing music. The idea of combining music and genetics in a single event grew up within the European Genetics Foundation, on initiative of Professor Giovanni Romeo, medical geneticist at the University of Bologna: We realized how music is in...... The protocol combines two techniques: low power listening in which units switch on for only very brief perio... to keep vigilance while sleeping. To minimize the listening cost, SCP-MAC utilizes 'low-power listening,' which detects channel activity very quickly. "It fur...Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky will discuss stress, health, Feb. 17 at AAAS meeting
...ate out there that can feel better in life just by listening to Beethoven. So the range of supports that we're capable of is extraordinary." But many of the qualities that make us human also can induce stress, he noted. "We can be pained or empathetic about somebody in Darfur," he said. "We can be pained by ...Animal studies in the land of the midnight sun illuminate biological clocks
...h I first got interested in this study when I was listening to birds singing in the Arctic and trying to figure out if they always sang at the same time of day even when the light was continuous. I'm pretty sure that as a species they must learn to resist the Aschoff effect, but no one has studied it." Alth...'Good vibrations' from deep-sea smokers may keep fish out of hot water
... of tones that Crone pulled out from the racket by listening at http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=30030. "With these resonant tones, each vent within the vent field is likely to have its own unique acoustic signature," Crone says. If so, and if fish are actually using vent sounds to navigate, then the di...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... not attributable to facial movement per se. Thus, listening to vocal expressions of emotions appears to automatically engage preparation for orofacial gestures corresponding to the emotional content of the stimulus. 4. Ginkgo biloba and Oligomeric A in Worms Yanjue Wu, Zhixin Wu, Peter Butko, Yves Christe...Extreme life, marine style highlights 2006 ocean census
...s survival and location. The Census Pacific shelf listening array achieved more than 95 percent success in tracking salmon, sturgeon, and other fish engaged as Census correspondents. Wider ranges When studying distribution, the surprise of finding a species in a new place is as exciting as the discovery of ...Yale Cell Biologist Joel Rosenbaum, to receive Prestigious Wilson Award
...e the flagellar proteins are synthesized. When listening to Rosenbaum present this flagellar tip growth story in the mid-1970s, former Yale Professor and Nobel laureate George Palade suggested that there must be elevators in the flagella carrying subunits from their site of synthesis in the cell body to th...Listening to gunshots may save lives and wildlands
...the frogs, Maher will have to spend some more time listening to gunshots. "The next step is to do more careful calibrations on all the parameters: the gunpowder, the local geometry, the acoustical characteristics of the vicinity and then work from there," he said. It has been an interesting project for Mah...Researchers add to understanding of how brain cells communicate
...s on the surface of the "listening" neuron. If the listening neuron is strongly excited, magnesium ions are exp...ns then can flow through the open channel into the listening neuron at the synapse, causing the synapse to be strengthened and you to remember that "hot stove = ...AIUM supports FDA decision to deny over-the-counter use of handheld doppler fetoscopes
...sales of certain handheld Doppler ultrasound fetal listening devices, also referred to as Doppler "fetoscopes." The FDA conducted a public meeting on March 29, 2006, to discuss the issue in response to a petition for OTC use filed in June 2004. Representatives from the AIUM attended the session and provided...