This study introduces a novel nonlinguistic oddball paradigm based on click trains and demonstrates its effectiveness for probing hierarchical temporal processing across species. By bridging macroscopic EEG with mesoscopic ECoG and microscopic single-unit recordings, the work reveals that the auditory system can concurrently track multiple temporal scales and that A1 exhibits superior capacity relative to the MGB for processing complex temporal structures over longer timescales.

Companies with strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) track records performed better than their peers after being required to adopt more rigorous auditing standards. This is according to a new study from researchers at Nagoya University in Japan, which is the first to examine the connection between the implementation of “key audit matters” (KAMs) and firms’ sustainability practices.

If you open a banking app, play a mobile game or scroll through a news feed every day while riding the bus, your commuting routine is probably bolstering your smartphone habit, according to new research that shows phone tendencies are stronger in locations chosen automatically.

University Hospitals CEO, Cliff Megerian, MD, FACS, was honored to receive the Sam Miller Goodness Award by the Values-in-Action Foundation on Dec. 8, joining an inspiring lineup of honorees who shine their light throughout Northeast Ohio and contribute to making the community a better place to live. Each year, the Values-in-Action Foundation honors individuals who represent goodness, caring and respect beyond the norm.

Our times are dominated by crises as well as social polarization and fragmentation. When it comes to strengthening cohesion, leaders play a special role: this is the fundamental thinking behind the interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences approved today by the DFG. The “Goethe Leadership Centre”, whose foundations lie in psychology and economics, will conduct research on this topic for an initial four years. In addition, the DFG announced that funding for the research unit QUAST, which focuses on predicting the properties of quantum materials, has been extended.