How Does The Human Brain Memorize Sound
CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange) (2010, June 1).
How does the human brain memorize a sound?. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 1, 2010
The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange), via AlphaGalileo.
Sound repetition allows us to memorize complex sounds in a very quick, effective and durable way. This form of auditory learning, is believed to occur in daily life to help us identify and memorize sound patterns; it allows, for example, immediate recognition of sounds which become familiar through experience, such as the voice of relatives.
Little is known about our ability to memorize complex sounds.
Scientists discovered that our ear is remarkably effective in
detecting noise repetitions. Listeners nearly always recognized the
noise pattern that had been played several times; two listenings
were enough for those with a trained ear, and only about ten for
less experienced ears. Sound repetition therefore induces both
extremely rapid and effective learning, which occurs implicitly (it
is not supervised). In addition, this memory for noise can last
several weeks. A fortnight after the first experiment, volunteers
identified the noise pattern again, at first attempt.
The scientists have demonstrated the existence of a form of fast,
solid and long-lasting auditory learning. Their experimental
protocol has proven to be a relevant and simple method that could
make it possible to study auditory memory in both humans and
animals. These results imply that a mechanism for rapid auditory
plasticity -- that is, a mechanism involved in an auditory neuron's
ability to adapt its response to a given sound stimulant -- plays a
very effective role in the learning of sounds.
This process is likely to be essential to identify and memorize
recurrent sound patterns in our acoustic environment, such as the
voice of relatives. It has all the characteristics considered
necessary for human beings to learn to associate a sound with what
produces it. The same mechanism may also be involved in relearning,
which is often inevitable when hearing suddenly changes.
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