Why are some animals good at learning sounds? Did this skill appear when animals started 'faking' their body size by lowering calls? In a new study on a wide range of mammals,researchers revisit this ...

entering each ear, Wright and Fitzgerald report in the Oct. 9 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Most learning on this task occurred in early practice sessions and then leveled off, the ...

Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by the University of ...

Some birds—including blue jays—are strong vocal learners that can mimic other birds and make lots of different sounds. Jocelyn Anderson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 3.0 Birds can make an array of ...

July 4 th is the celebration of America’s birthday. It brings lots of sounds like sizzling barbeque, pool splashing, and popping fireworks. What if we used the power of sound to help the young reader ...