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How brain hears the sound of silence: Separate brain pathways process the start and end of what we hear
February 12, 2010 by NewsBot
Researchers have isolated an independent processing channel of synapses inside the brain's auditory cortex that deals specifically with shutting off sound processing at appropriate times. Such regulation is vital for hearing and for understanding speech.
