Forget the "quiet study room," new research suggests that your level of interest is the real secret to focus. Learn how an engaged mind ignores construction noise while boredom triggers stress and ...

Sounds good Machine learning could soon be used to create better hearing aids. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/FusionMS) Machine learning algorithms could one day be used to improve speech recognition in ...

Noise poses a serious threat to our children's hearing, health, learning and behavior. Recent research suggests that quiet promotes an environment which will foster learning, as well as the ...

How well we pay attention while learning is influenced not only by external distractions like background noise but also by internal factors such as how interesting we find the material, according to a ...