Experimental evidence in animals demonstrates cortical neurons innervate subcortex
bilaterally to tune brainstem auditory coding. Yet, the role of the descending (corticofugal) …

Listening to groovy music is an enjoyable experience and a common human behavior in
some cultures. Specifically, many listeners agree that songs they find to be more familiar and …

Previous studies evidenced transfer effects from professional music training to novel word
learning. However, it is unclear whether such an advantage is driven by cascading, bottom …

Misophonia can be characterized both as a condition and as a negative affective
experience. Misophonia is described as feeling irritation or disgust in response to hearing …

Recent evidence suggests that musicians may have an advantage over non-musicians in
perceiving speech against noisy backgrounds. Previously, musicians have been compared …

Music content annotation campaigns are common on paid crowdsourcing platforms. Crowd
workers are expected to annotate complicated music artefacts, which can demand certain …

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether child musicians are better at
listening to speech in noise (SPIN) than nonmusicians of the same age. In addition, we …

Speech perception requires grouping acoustic information into meaningful linguistic-
phonetic units via categorical perception (CP). Beyond shrinking observers' perceptual …

Musical activities have been suggested to be beneficial for language development in
childhood. Randomised controlled trials using music have indicated that musical …

Purpose We sought to critically analyze and evaluate published evidence regarding
feasibility and clinical potential for predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes of the …