New research aims to tease out what exactly is happening in the brains of people with schizophrenia who have auditory ...

When we are engaged in a task, our brain's auditory system changes how it works. One of the main auditory centers of the brain, the auditory cortex, is filled with neural activity that is not ...

Many people live with a secret that feels almost impossible to describe. They hear speech or whispers that nobody else ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Hearing voices that other people can't is a meaningful experience. Like dreams, they can usually be understood in ...

This article was updated at 4 p.m. ET. An auditory illusion that's making the rounds online seems to have divided people into passionate camps depending on whether they hear the word "Yanny" or ...

No one has come to the psychiatric ER saying, "I have have voices in my head telling me they love me and think I am beautiful." By definition, auditory hallucinations are unpleasant. They reinforce ...

Researchers have uncovered that tinnitus, an incurable persistent ringing or other sounds in the ears, might result from underlying auditory nerve damage that can't be detected on conventional hearing ...

Speech is usually assumed to start with a clearly defined preverbal message, which provides a benchmark for self-monitoring and a robust sense of agency for one's utterances. However, an alternative ...

Studies on misophonia have compared the newly termed disorder to Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, synesthesia, anger management problems, disorders related to impulse control, and ...