Auditory neuroscience: Sounds make the face move

Alessandro La Chioma; David M Schneider

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.041

Auditory neuroscience: Sounds make the face move

Curr Biol. 2024 May 6;34(9):R346-R348. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.041.

Authors

Alessandro La Chioma¹, David M Schneider²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
² Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: ds5577@nyu.edu.

PMID: 38714161
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.041

Abstract

Animals including humans often react to sounds by involuntarily moving their face and body. A new study shows that facial movements provide a simple and reliable readout of a mouse's hearing ability that is more sensitive than traditional measurements.

MeSH terms

Animals
Auditory Perception / physiology
Face* / physiology
Hearing / physiology
Humans
Mice
Movement / physiology
Sound