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Obleser Lab

Exploring the neural dynamics of communication

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Neural Mechanisms of Selective Attention

Better understand the fundamental brain processes of selective attention—specifically how the auditory system suppresses irrelevant sound stimuli to enable focused perception

Auditory Cognition in Brain Health and Disease

We explore how the brain processes sound in both healthy and impaired states. By studying conditions such as psychosis, hearing loss, and tinnitus, we uncover how changes in neural processing shape perception, decision-making, and listening behaviour.

Auditory Comprehension Under Challenging Conditions

How can humans recognize and interpret meaningful auditory objects even under impaired or challenging hearing conditions, focusing on the neural foundations of this ability

Recent Publications

Acoustically Transparent Hearing Aids Increase Physiological Markers of Listening Effort.
Trends in Hearing

Kemper, M., Denk, F., Husstedt,H. §, & Obleser, J. §,

Characterizing directional dynamics of semantic prediction based on inter-regional temporal generalization.
The Journal of Neuroscience

Mamashli, F., Khan, S., Hatamimajoumerd, E., Jas, M., Uluç, I., Lankinen, K., Obleser, J., Friederici, A.D., Maess, B., & Ahveninen, J.

Does amplitude compression help or hinder attentional neural speech tracking?
The Journal of Neuroscience

Orf, M., Hannemann, R., & Obleser, J.

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Head Fundings

European Research Council

The listening challenge: How ageing brains adapt (AUDADAPT),
ERC Consolidator Grant, 2016–2021
Jonas Obleser

Research Building Lübeck Environment for Minds and Machines in Interaction (LEMMI)

for the University of Lübeck (competitive funding, Wissenschaftsrat Germany, from federal and state funds according to Art. 91b GG),…

Max Planck Society

Max Planck Research Group “Auditory Cognition”,
Max Planck Society, 2011–2015
Jonas Obleser

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