News tagged with human voice

Monkey lip smacks provide new insights into the evolution of human speech

Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations, such as monkey coos or chimpanzee hoots. But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produced using ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Crows found able to distinguish between human voices

(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered that carrion crows are able to distinguish between familiar and unknown human voices. They also found, as they write in their paper published ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

The sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed for the first time

In a world first, the sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed as part of a planetarium show in Hampshire this Easter.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Locate and guide function for the human symbiotic robot 'EMIEW2'

Hitachi announced the addition of a new feature to the human symbiotic robot, EMIEW2, where when asked the location of an object, is now able to smoothly guide the enquirer to the location of the object after ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Encrypted VoIP not as secure as it sounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Linguistics researchers working with computer scientists at the University of North Carolina have shown that voice conversations over the Internet, even if they are encrypted, are not as secure ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Use of human voice in social media can help organizations build relationships

As the proliferation of social media in society continues, companies and organizations are taking advantage of online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to communicate interactively with their customers and the public. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why some voices sound more attractive

Some people's voices seem to have been made for the radio. Others grate on our nerves.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Human brain becomes tuned to voices and emotional tone of voice during infancy

New research finds that the brains of infants as young as 7 months old demonstrate a sensitivity to the human voice and to emotions communicated through the voice that is remarkably similar to what is observed in the brains ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Blind people use both visual and auditory cortices to hear

(PhysOrg.com) -- Blind people have brains that are rewired to allow their visual cortex to improve hearing abilities. Yet they continue to access specialized areas to recognize human voices, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain responds to human voice in one fifth of a second

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology researchers have found the sound of the human voice can be recognised by the brain in less than one fifth of a second.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 weblog

Pair of Bionic Ears Helps to Distinguish Left from Right

Can a pair of bionic ears benefit a hearing-impaired child? Cynthia Zettler, a postdoctoral fellow in Ruth Litovsky's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison thinks so.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can you see the emotions I hear? Study says yes

By observing the pattern of activity in the brain, scientists have discovered they can "read" whether a person just heard words spoken in anger, joy, relief, or sadness. The discovery, reported online on May 14th in Current Bi ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0