Congratulation to PhD student Malte Wöstmann, who – with Erich Schröger and Jonas Obleser – has a new article in press at the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Acoustic detail guides attention allocation in a selective listening task forthcoming. We will…
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New paper in press: Hartwigsen, Golombek, & Obleser in Cortex [UPDATED]
In a collaboration with the University Clinic of Leipzig and Prof Dr Gesa Hartwigsen (now University of Kiel), a new paper is to appear in “Cortex”, in the forthcoming special issue on Prediction in Speech and Language, edited by Alessandro…
New paper out: Simultaneous fMRI–EEG in auditory categorization by Scharinger et al.
Congratulations to Obleser lab alumnus Mathias Scharinger who this week published our joint work on simultaneous fMRI–EEG in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience! Simultaneous EEG-fMRI brain signatures of auditory cue utilization by Scharinger, Herrmann, Nierhaus, & Obleser References Scharinger M1, Herrmann B1, Nierhaus T2,…
Strauß strikes again — frontiers in Human Neuroscience
It’s only a week ago that we updated you about Antje’s latest publication at NeuroImage. Today, there is a another one coming in; Antje’s, Malte’s & Jonas’ perspective article on cortical alpha oscillations is in press at frontiers in HUMAN…
New Paper out: Wilsch, Henry, Herrmann et al.
Quite recently Cerebral Cortex published Alpha Oscillatory Dynamics Index Temporal Expectation Benefits in Working Memory by Anna Wilsch, Molly J Henry, Björn Herrmann, Burkhard Maess, and Jonas Obleser. Check the abstract below or follow that link to get the full article.…
New paper in press: Erb & Obleser, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Julia Erb just got accepted the third study of her PhD project, Upregulation of cognitive control networks in older adults’ speech comprehension It will appear in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience soon. The data are an extension (in older adults) of…
Listening: The strategy matters [Update]
In press on Neuropsychologia
Thalamic and parietal brain morphology predicts auditory category learning
Categorizing sounds is vital for adaptive human behavior. Accordingly, changing listening situations (external noise, but also peripheral hearing loss in aging) require listeners to flexibly adjust their categorization strategies, e.g., switch amongst available acoustic cues. However, listeners differ considerably in these adaptive capabilities. For this reason, we employed voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in our study (Neuropsychologia, In press), in order to assess the degree to which individual brain morphology is predictive of such adaptive listening behavior.
References
- Scharinger M1, Henry MJ2, Erb J2, Meyer L3, Obleser J2. Thalamic and parietal brain morphology predicts auditory category learning. Neuropsychologia. 2014 Jan;53:75–83. PMID: 24035788. [Open with Read]
New paper out: Erb, Henry, Eisner & Obleser — Journal of Neuroscience
We are proud to announce that PhD student Julia Erb just came out with a paper issued in Journal of Neuroscience:
The Brain Dynamics of Rapid Perceptual Adaptation to Adverse Listening Conditions
Grab it here:
- The Journal of Neuroscience, 26 June 2013, 33(26): 10688–10697; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4596–12.2013
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Abstract:
Listeners show a remarkable ability to quickly adjust to degraded speech input. Here, we aimed to identify the neural mechanisms of such short-term perceptual adaptation. In a sparse-sampling, cardiac-gated functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) acquisition, human listeners heard and repeated back 4-band-vocoded sentences
References
- Erb J, Henry MJ, Eisner F, Obleser J. The brain dynamics of rapid perceptual adaptation to adverse listening conditions. J Neurosci. 2013 Jun 26;33(26):10688–97. PMID: 23804092. [Open with Read]