Epidemiological studies identify midlife hearing loss as an independent risk factor for
dementia, estimated to account for 9% of cases. We evaluate candidate brain bases for this …

Working memory is widely considered to be limited in capacity, holding a fixed, small
number of items, such as Miller's' magical number'seven or Cowan's four. It has recently …

Background Little is known about the associations between vision impairment, hearing
impairment, and cognitive function. The aim of this study was to examine whether vision and …

Abstract Speech-in-noise (SiN) perception is a critical aspect of natural listening, deficits in
which are a major contributor to the hearing handicap in cochlear hearing loss. Studies …

Selective attention to a task-relevant stimulus facilitates encoding of that stimulus into a
working memory representation. It is less clear whether selective attention also improves the …

Absolute pitch (AP) is typically defined as the ability to label an isolated tone as a musical
note in the absence of a reference tone. At first glance the acquisition of AP note categories …

Researchers have shown increased interest in mechanisms of working memory for
nonverbal sounds such as music and environmental sounds. These studies often have used …

Working memory is a limited resource: brains can only maintain small amounts of sensory
input (memory load) over a brief period of time (memory decay). The dynamics of slow …

Perception of auditory time intervals is critical for accurate comprehension of natural sounds
like speech and music. However, the neural substrates and mechanisms underlying the …

Previous studies have found conflicting results between individual measures related to
music and fundamental aspects of auditory perception and cognition. The results have been …