It takes just one-tenth of a second for our brains to begin to recognize emotions conveyed by vocalizations, according to researchers from McGill. It doesn't matter whether the non-verbal sounds are ...

We all have songs that make us happy, but sometimes music evokes more complex emotions. Christine Mohn, a psychologist at the University of Oslo, asked 115 students to listen to a series of music ...

Anyone who’s ever sat next to a loud chewer, slurper, yawner or sneezer knows how irritating these noises can be. But for the estimated 5 to 20 percent of people with misophonia, sounds like yawning, ...

Pigs are noisy creatures, from their contented oinks to their terrified squeals. But could those sounds contain clues to their emotions and welfare? An international team of researchers say so. For a ...

European researchers are developing a tool to help identify animal emotions through a vocal recognition system. It aims to help people who work with pigs identify whether the animals are in distress.