Hearing repetitive brand names like Coca-Cola, Hubba Bubba and Tostitos may elicit positive feelings and increase consumers’ intention to purchase, suggests a new study published in the Journal of ...

Repeating something can render that thing melodious—even the sound of a shovel being dragged across the pavement. Karen Hopkin reports. A few years back, psychologists at the University of California, ...

Repetitive sounds and seizures experienced in infancy can permanently hinder formation of blood vessels in the brains of mice, Yale University researchers report online Dec. 4 in the journal Nature.

Certain everyday sounds trigger intense emotional and physical reactions in some individuals due to abnormal brain connections between auditory and emotional regions. This condition, misophonia, ...

Imagine that certain sounds sent you into a violent rage and you don’t know why. That you can’t stand the sound of your own mother’s voice or even hearing her breath. That you can’t eat in public ...