Unlike previously thought, it turns out that speech production and singing are supported by the same circuitry in the brain. Observations in a new study can help develop increasingly effective ...

Vocal music such as rock, opera, or choral music can be uniquely compelling—so much so, in fact, that researchers recently asked whether distinctive brain responses can be found in listeners. Their ...

Researchers have mapped the long-range synaptic connections involved in vocal learning in zebra finches, uncovering new details about how the brain organises learned vocalisations such as birdsong.

We recorded basal ganglia–projecting dopamine neurons in singing zebra finches as we controlled perceived song quality with distorted auditory feedback. Dopamine activity was suppressed after ...

It probably shouldn't be a surprise that harmonizing our voices together makes us feel better than belting out a song on our own.