“April” is a film grounded in realism. In the story of Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili), a Georgian OB-GYN who provides abortions to the women of the neighboring village, the protagonist’s patients are played ...

The virtual concert hall presented to the participants in different color schemes. Credit: The Journal of the Acoustical ...

A concert venue's color affects the perception of sound, reveals new research. Listeners said brighter colors lead to a warmer "tone." Previous studies have shown that lighting and visual effects can ...

Live music can engage more than just one sense, despite it being an auditory medium. Lighting and visual effects can enhance the listening experience, but it is unclear if they can also affect the ...

This collection seeks to advance our understanding of how sound is perceived and processed by biological systems, with a particular focus on the cognitive and psychological mechanisms underpinning ...

Silence might not be deafening, but it's something that literally can be heard, concludes a team of philosophers and psychologists who used auditory illusions to reveal how moments of silence distort ...

After a week of stress, mice show changes in how their brains process sound, reducing how well they perceive loud noises, according to a new study. After a week of stress, mice show changes in how ...

Prof Emi Hasuo studies how the brain perceives and processes sound rhythm. Surprisingly, the physical rhythm and perceived rhythm are sometimes different. Moreover, sounds of the same rhythm are ...

As director Dea Kulumbegashvili tells IndieWire on the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, “I really love the way that cinema is the medium that allows us to get to the irrational, and not to seek answers.” ...