A5084630588- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Language Development and Disorders
- Neural Networks and Applications
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Sports Performance and Training
- Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Shanghai University of Sport
2025
University of Chicago
2019-2023
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2017-2019
University of Hong Kong
2015-2017
Queen Mary Hospital
2015
Purpose We report a preliminary study that prospectively tests the potential cognitive enhancing effect of foreign language (FL) learning in older adults with no clear signs decline beyond what is age typical. Because engages large brain network overlaps aging, we hypothesized new later life would be beneficial. Method Older were randomly assigned to 3 training groups: FL, games, and music appreciation. All trained predominately by computer-based program for 6 months, their abilities tested...
Abstract Recent studies have revealed great individual variability in cue weighting, and such variation is shown to be systematic across individuals linked differences some general cognitive mechanism. The present study investigated the role of subcortical encoding as a source weighting by focusing on English listeners’ frequency following responses tense/lax vowel contrast varying spectral durational cues. Listeners differed early auditory with more veridically than one, while others...
Abstract Recent studies have documented substantial variability among typical listeners in how gradiently they categorize speech sounds, and this categorization gradience may link to weight different cues the incoming signal. The present study tested relationship between cue weighting across two sets of English contrasts, each varying orthogonally acoustic dimensions. Participants performed a four‐alternative forced‐choice identification task visual world paradigm while their eye movements...
One way to understand the relationship between speech perception and production is examine cases where two dissociate. This study investigates hypothesis that perceptual acuity reflected in event-related potentials (ERPs) rise time of sound amplitude envelope pitch contour [reflected mismatch negativity (MMN)] may associate with individual differences among speakers otherwise comparable abilities. To test this hypothesis, advantage was taken an on-going change–tone merging Cantonese,...
Human language learning differs significantly across individuals in the process and ultimate attainment. Although decades of research exploring neural substrates have identified distinct overlapping networks subserving different components, mechanisms that drive large interindividual differences are still far from being understood. Here we examine to what extent dynamics multiple brain men women sessions training contribute explaining individual linguistic components (i.e., vocabulary,...
Categorisation is a fundamental cognitive ability to group different objects as the same. This particularly indispensable for human speech perception, yet individual differences in categorisation are nonetheless ubiquitous. The present study investigates neurophysiological mechanisms underlying variability of voice-onset time (VOT). Subcortical and cortical speech-evoked responses recorded investigate representations at two functional levels auditory processing. Individual psychometric...
While the issue of individual variation has been widely studied in second language learning or processing, it is less well understood how perceptual and musical aptitude differences can explain native speech processing. In current study, we make use tone merger Hong Kong Cantonese, an ongoing sound change that concerns merging tones perception, production both a portion speakers, to examine possible relationship between pitch abilities. Although previous study reported occurrence...
Categorization is a fundamental cognitive ability to group different objects as the same. This particularly indispensable for human speech perception, yet individual differences in categorization are nonetheless ubiquitous. The present study investigates neurophysiological mechanisms underlying variability of voice-onset time (VOT). Subcortical and cortical speech-evoked responses recorded investigate representations at two functional levels auditory processing. Individual psychometric...
Event Abstract Back to Relationships among individual differences in tone processing and cognitive functions: A case study of Cantonese merger Jinghua Ou1 Sampo Law1* 1 University Hong Kong, Division Speech Hearing Sciences, SAR China Introduction Individual speech is usually studied with speakers differing training or experience (Strait & Kraus, 2011), populations developmental disorders (Facoetti et al., 2010), perhaps because the implicit assumption that typically-developed can...