A high-pitched buzzing sound in your ear is an unmistakable sign that a female mosquito is out on the hunt - for they, not males, drink blood. Hearing that tone might make you turn to try to swat the ...

Folks with central-vision loss can judge the motion of vehicles almost as accurately as people with normal vision, ...

(A) Mice are trained to respond to external audiovisual cues by making decisions to receive a water reward while avoiding a mild air puff. When both auditory and visual stimuli are presented together, ...

Animals, including humans, rely on multiple senses to navigate their environments and make decisions. This integration of ...

Life can be tricky. We have so many decisions to make. It’s a good thing we have an orbitofrontal cortex and hippocampus to help us. These areas of the brain, according to researchers at UC Santa ...

Recently, I attended a dinner where I was the only blind person. I decided to walk towards some voices and introduce myself. I greeted the group with a comment intended to be amusing. My comment was ...

A fundamental feature of vocal communication is taking turns: when one person says something, the other person listens and then responds. Turn-taking requires precise coordination of the timing of ...