The Obleser lab | Neural dynamics of communication
Publications 2018–2015
2018:
Erb, J,. Armendariz, M., De Martino, F., Goebel, R., Vanduffel, W., Formisano, E., Homology and Specificity of Natural Sound-Encoding in Human and Monkey Auditory Cortex. Cerebral Cortex, November 2018. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy243
Wöstmann, M., Waschke, L., Obleser, J., Prestimulus neural alpha power predicts confidence in discriminating identical auditory stimuli. European Journal of Neuroscience, October 2018. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14226
Kreitewolf, J., Mathias, S.R., Trapeau, R., Obleser, J., Schönwiesner, M. Perceptual grouping in the cocktail party: Contributions of voice-feature continuity. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, October 2018. doi: doi.org/10.1121/1.5058684
Wilsch, A., Henry, M.J., Herrmann, B., Herrmann,C.S., & Obleser, J. Temporal expectation modulates the cortical dynamics of short-term memory. The Journal of Neuroscience. Journal of Neuroscience 16 July 2018. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2928–17.2018
Wilsch, A., Neuling, T., Obleser, J., & Herrmann, C.S. Transcranial alternating current stimulation with speech envelopes modulates speech comprehension. Neuroimage. May 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.01.038 PubMed PMID:29355765
Herbst, S.K., Fiedler, L., & Obleser, J. Tracking temporal hazard in the human electroencephalogram using a forward encoding model. eNeuro April 2018, 5 (2) ENEURO.0017–18.2018; doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0017–18.2018 PubMed PMID:29740594 PubMed Central PMC5938715
Wöstmann, M., Vosskuhl, J., Obleser, J., & Herrmann, C.S. Opposite effects of lateralised transcranial alpha versus gamma stimulation on auditory spatial attention. Brain Stimulation, April 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.04.006.
Erb, J., Ludwig, A., Kunke, D., Fuchs, M., & Obleser, J. Temporal sensitivity measured shortly after cochlear implantation predicts six-month speech recognition outcome. Ear and Hearing. April 2018. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000588 PubMed PMID:29697465
Lim, S.J., Wöstmann, M., Geweke, F., & Obleser, J. The benefit of attention-to-memory depends on the interplay of memory capacity and memory load. Frontiers in Psychology 9:184, February 2018. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00184
Tune, S., Wöstmann, M., Obleser, J. Probing the limits of alpha power lateralisation as a neural marker of selective attention in middle-aged and older listeners. European Journal of Neuroscience, 28 February 2018. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13862. PubMed PMID:29430736.
Alavash, M, Lim, SJ, Thiel, CM, Sehm, B, Deserno, L, Obleser, J. Dopaminergic modulation of hemodynamic signal variability and the functional connectome during cognitive performance. NeuroImage (172):341–356. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.01.048. PubMed PMID:29410219.
2017:
Waschke, L, Wöstmann, M, Obleser, J. States and traits of neural irregularity in the age-varying human brain. Sci Rep. 2017;7 (1):17381. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017–17766–4. PubMed PMID:29234128 .
Kreitewolf, J, Mathias, SR, von Kriegstein, K. Implicit Talker Training Improves Comprehension of Auditory Speech in Noise. Front Psychol. 2017;8 :1584. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01584. PubMed PMID:28959226 PubMed Central PMC5603660.
Alavash, M., Daube, C., Wöstmann, M., Brandmeyer, A., & Obleser, J. (2017). Large-scale network dynamics of beta-band oscillations underlie auditory perceptual decision-making. Network
Neuroscience, 1(2), 166–191. doi: 10.1162/netn_a_00009.
Henry, MJ, Herrmann, B, Kunke, D, Obleser, J. Aging affects the balance of neural entrainment and top-down neural modulation in the listening brain. Nat Commun. 2017;8 :15801. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15801. PubMed PMID:28654081 .
Herbst, SK, Obleser, J. Implicit variations of temporal predictability: Shaping the neural oscillatory and behavioural response. Neuropsychologia. 2017; :. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.05.019. PubMed PMID:28527912 .
Fiedler, L, Wöstmann, M, Graversen, C, Brandmeyer, A, Lunner, T, Obleser, J et al.. Single-channel in-ear-EEG detects the focus of auditory attention to concurrent tone streams and mixed speech. J Neural Eng. 2017;14 (3):036020. doi: 10.1088/1741–2552/aa66dd.
PubMed PMID:28384124.
Wöstmann, M, Lim, SJ, Obleser, J. The Human Neural Alpha Response to Speech is a Proxy of Attentional Control. Cereb. Cortex. 2017; :1–11. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhx074. PubMed PMID:28334352 .
Wöstmann, M, Obleser, J. Acoustic Detail But Not Predictability of Task-Irrelevant Speech Disrupts Working Memory. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016;10 :538. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00538. PubMed PMID:27826235 PubMed
Central PMC5078496.
Petersen, EB, Wöstmann, M, Obleser, J, Lunner, T. Neural tracking of attended versus ignored speech is differentially affected by hearing loss. J. Neurophysiol. 2017;117 (1):18–27. doi: 10.1152/jn.00527.2016.
PubMed PMID:27707813 PubMed Central PMC5209541.
Herrmann, B, Henry, MJ, Johnsrude, IS, Obleser, J. Altered temporal dynamics of neural adaptation in the aging human auditory cortex. Neurobiol. Aging. 2016;45 :10–22. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.05.006.
PubMed PMID:27459921 .
Wöstmann, M, Herrmann, B, Maess, B, Obleser, J. Spatiotemporal dynamics of auditory attention synchronize with speech. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2016;113 (14):3873–8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1523357113.
PubMed PMID:27001861 PubMed Central PMC4833226.
Henry, MJ, Herrmann, B, Obleser, J. Neural Microstates Govern Perception of Auditory Input without Rhythmic Structure. J. Neurosci. 2016;36 (3):860–71. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2191–15.2016.
PubMed PMID:26791216 .
2015:
Lim, SJ, Wöstmann, M, Obleser, J. Selective Attention to Auditory Memory Neurally Enhances Perceptual Precision. J. Neurosci. 2015;35 (49):16094–104. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2674–15.2015.
PubMed PMID:26658862 .
Scharinger, M, Bendixen, A, Herrmann, B, Henry, MJ, Mildner, T, Obleser, J et al.. Predictions interact with missing sensory evidence in semantic processing areas. Hum Brain Mapp. 2016;37 (2):704–16. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23060. PubMed PMID:26583355 .
Wilsch, A, Obleser, J. What works in auditory working memory? A neural oscillations perspective. Brain Res. 2016;1640 (Pt B):193–207. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.10.054. PubMed PMID:26556773 .
Herrmann, B, Henry, MJ, Haegens, S, Obleser, J. Temporal expectations and neural amplitude fluctuations in auditory cortex interactively influence perception. Neuroimage. 2016;124 (Pt A):487–97. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.019.
PubMed PMID:26386347 .
Herrmann, B, Parthasarathy, A, Han, EX, Obleser, J, Bartlett, EL. Sensitivity of rat inferior colliculus neurons to frequency distributions. J. Neurophysiol. 2015;114 (5):2941–54. doi: 10.1152/jn.00555.2015.
PubMed PMID:26354316 PubMed Central PMC4737421.
Petersen, EB, Wöstmann, M, Obleser, J, Stenfelt, S, Lunner, T. Hearing loss impacts neural alpha oscillations under adverse listening conditions. Front Psychol. 2015;6 :177. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00177.
PubMed PMID:25745410 PubMed Central PMC4333793.
Strauß, A, Henry, MJ, Scharinger, M, Obleser, J. Alpha phase determines successful lexical decision in noise. J. Neurosci. 2015;35 (7):3256–62. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3357–14.2015. PubMed PMID:25698760.
Wilsch, A, Henry, MJ, Herrmann, B, Maess, B, Obleser, J. Slow-delta phase concentration marks improved temporal expectations based on the passage of time. Psychophysiology. 2015;52 (7):910–8. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12413.
PubMed PMID:25684032 .
Herrmann, B, Henry, MJ, Fromboluti, EK, McAuley, JD, Obleser, J. Statistical context shapes stimulus-specific adaptation in human auditory cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 2015;113 (7):2582–91. doi: 10.1152/jn.00634.2014.
PubMed PMID:25652920 PubMed Central PMC4416562.
Herrmann, B, Henry, MJ, Fromboluti, EK, McAuley, JD, Obleser, J. Statistical context shapes stimulus-specific adaptation in human auditory cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 2015;113 (7):2582–91. doi: 10.1152/jn.00634.2014. PubMed PMID:25652920 PubMed Central PMC4416562.
Wöstmann, M, Herrmann, B, Wilsch, A, Obleser, J. Neural alpha dynamics in younger and older listeners reflect acoustic challenges and predictive benefits. J. Neurosci. 2015;35 (4):1458–67. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3250–14.2015. PubMed PMID:25632123 .
Scharinger, M, Henry, MJ, Obleser, J. Acoustic cue selection and discrimination under degradation: differential contributions of the inferior parietal and posterior temporal cortices. Neuroimage. 2015;106 :373–81. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.11.050. PubMed PMID:25481793 .
Hartwigsen, G, Golombek, T, Obleser, J. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over left angular gyrus modulates the predictability gain in degraded speech comprehension. Cortex. 2015;68 :100–10. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.08.027. PubMed PMID:25444577 .
Wöstmann, M, Schröger, E, Obleser, J. Acoustic detail guides attention allocation in a selective listening task. J Cogn Neurosci. 2015;27 (5):988‑1000. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_00761. PubMed PMID:25390200 .