Imagine a mother and child. She sits on a bench at a busy playground, noisy with yelling, laughter, and crying. Her child plays--climbing the monkey bars, swinging wildly, sliding down the slide. Suddenly, another child screams. The mother instantaneously recognizes her child’s cry.
Research reports that, "Just as there is a part of your brain that recognizes another human face, there's a region that can tell human voices apart from other sounds."
My cell phone vibrated. I looked at the caller ID. It was AJ.
“What's up, man?” I said when I answered.
“Hi Talia,” he said.
Immediately, I recognized that it was not AJ. “Jason, is that you?”
“Yes,” he said.
“When did you get out of lockup?” I asked.
“Today,” he replied. "How did you know it was me?" he asked.
“I recognized your voice.”
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