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.