They are thought to protect sleep by stopping you from waking up if the disturbance is likely to be harmless. The researchers found that unfamiliar voices triggered more K-complexes than familiar ...

The brain pays attention to unfamiliar voices during sleep More information: Daniel A. Abrams et al, A neurodevelopmental shift in reward circuitry from mother's to nonfamilial voices in ...

It identified areas in the brain that showed greater activity in response to unfamiliar voices than their mother’s voice, which indicates that teenagers become more receptive to new voices as they get ...

At that point, the brain's vocal preferences shift, tuning mom out in favor of unfamiliar voices. That may ring true to anyone who has ever raised a teenager. RELATED Support, exercise ...

Around age 13, kids' brains no longer find their moms' voices uniquely rewarding, and they tune into unfamiliar voices more, a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine has found. The ...

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At that point, the brain's vocal preferences shift, tuning mom out in favor of unfamiliar voices. That may ring true to anyone who has ever raised a teenager. But the findings offer an actual ...

American Pie is undoubtedly a cult classic. The film franchise follows a group of high schoolers trying to navigate the ...

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