A5026288230- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Noise Effects and Management
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Speech Recognition and Synthesis
- Speech and Audio Processing
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Online and Blended Learning
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Renaissance Literature and Culture
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Music Technology and Sound Studies
- Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
- Medical History and Innovations
- Musicology and Musical Analysis
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Historical and Literary Studies
- French Literature and Criticism
- Scottish History and National Identity
- Historical and Literary Analyses
- Music and Audio Processing
- Historical Art and Culture Studies
University of York
2019-2024
Jisc
2015-2023
University College London
2018-2021
Royal Holloway University of London
2018-2021
MRC Institute of Hearing Research
2015-2019
University of Nottingham
2016-2019
Medical Research Council
2017-2019
Queen Mary University of London
2017
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2017
Royal Children's Hospital
2017
Dengue virus (DENV) is the leading cause of arboviral diseases in humans worldwide. The envelope (E) protein DENV major target neutralizing antibodies (Abs). Previous studies have shown that a significant proportion anti-E Abs human serum after infection recognize highly conserved fusion loop (FL) E protein. role anti-FL protection against subsequent versus pathogenesis remains unclear. A monoclonal Ab was used as standard virion-capture ELISA to measure concentration Abs, [anti-E Abs],...
The human voice is a highly flexible instrument for self-expression, yet identity perception largely studied using controlled speech recordings. Using two voice-sorting tasks with naturally varying stimuli, we compared the performance of listeners who were familiar and unfamiliar TV show Breaking Bad. Listeners organised audio clips (1) low-expressiveness (2) high-expressiveness into perceived identities. We predicted that increased expressiveness (e.g., shouting, strained voice) would...
Online studies using recruitment services (such as Prolific or Amazon’s MTurk) and online testing platforms Gorilla PsyToolkit) are becoming increasingly common in psychological science. Although auditory disciplines have been slower to adopt these methods, uptake is rapidly increasing perception cognition research. Utilizing data collection presents several advantages researchers terms of the speed research range target demographics available compared either traditional lab web-based via...
Inhibition – the ability to suppress goal-irrelevant information is thought be an important cognitive skill in many situations, including speech-in-noise (SiN) perception. One way measure inhibition by means of Stroop tasks, which one stimulus dimension must named while a second, more prepotent ignored. The to-be-ignored may relevant or irrelevant target dimension, and interference (SI) calculated as reaction time difference between conditions. Both SiN perception are suggested worsen with...
Models of voice perception propose that identities are encoded relative to an abstracted average or prototype. While there is some evidence for norm-based coding when learning discriminate different voices, little known about how the representation individual's identity formed through variable exposure voice. In two experiments, we show participants form representations individual based on averages, despite having never been exposed these averages during learning. We created 3 perceptually...
Listening to speech in adverse conditions can be challenging and effortful, especially for older adults. This study examined age-related differences effortful listening by recording changes the task-evoked pupil response (TEPR; a physiological marker of effort) both at level sentence processing over entire course task. A total 65 (32 young adults, 33 adults) participants performed recognition task presence competing talker, while moment-to-moment size were continuously monitored....
Understanding the causes for speech-in-noise (SiN) perception difficulties is complex, and made even more difficult by fact that listening situations can vary widely in target background sounds. While there general agreement both auditory cognitive factors are important, their exact relationship to SiN across various remains unclear. This study manipulated characteristics of situation two ways: first, stimuli were either isolated words, or words heard context low- (LP) high-predictability...
We investigated the effects of two types task instructions on performance a voice sorting by listeners who were either familiar or unfamiliar with voices. Listeners asked to sort 15 naturally varying stimuli from identities into perceived identities. Half sorted recordings freely as many they perceived; other half forced only. As reported in previous studies, formed more clusters than listeners. therefore different same identity coming identities, while being highly accurate at telling apart...
Information associated with the self is prioritized relative to information others and therefore processed more quickly accurately. Across three experiments, we examined whether a new externally‐generated voice could become thus be in perception. In first experiment, participants learned associations between unfamiliar voices identities (self, friend, stranger). Participants then made speeded judgements of voice‐identity pairs were correctly matched, or not. A clear self‐prioritization...
The conformational structures of 4-hydroxy phenyl ethanol (p-tyrosol) and its 1:1 hydrated cluster, have been characterised in the low temperature environment a free jet expansion through combination mass-selected, resonantly enhanced two-photon ionisation spectroscopy (MS-R2PI), fluorescence excitation ultra-violet 'hole-burning' spectroscopy. These strategies, coupled with rotational band contour analysis (using cross-correlation fitting procedure) abinitio computation at HF/6-31G*,...
An interlaboratory study was performed on behalf of the Food Standards Agency to evaluate effectiveness an affinity column cleanup liquid chromatographic (LC) method for determination ochratoxin A in a variety dried fruit at European regulatory limits. To ensure homogeneity before analysis, laboratory samples are normally slurried with water ratio 5 parts 4 water, and test materials this form were used study. The portion extracted acidified methanol. extract filtered, diluted...
Music is widely acknowledged to have social efficacy at the group level. This effect hypothesised be underpinned least in part by entrainment. During collective musical behaviours, entrainment – shared synchronisation of internal oscillators suggested afford perception actions, intentions and motivational states as joint action, intentionality mutual states, which turn fosters interpersonal affiliation prosocial including trust. However, it unknown whether entrainment’s effects on...
Inhibition – the ability to suppress goal-irrelevant information is thought be an important cognitive skill in many situations, including speech-in-noise (SiN) listening. Both inhibition and SiN perception are worsen with age, but attempts connect age-related declines these two abilities have produced mixed results even though a clear positive relationship has generally been hypothesised. We suggest that inconsistencies may occur because listener-based demographic variables such as...
Psychological research into musical behavior has mostly focused on Western music, explored with experiments utilizing participants. This ethnocentric bias limits the generalizability of many claims in field. We argue that our current understanding cognition pitch organization might be helpfully informed by data gathered non-Western contexts. In particular, traditions featuring equal-spaced scales (where all scale-step interval sizes are equal) suggested to pose a challenge popular models...
Listening-related fatigue is a potentially serious negative consequence of an aging auditory and cognitive system. However, the impact age on listening-related factors underpinning any such effect remain unexplored. Using data from large sample adults (N = 281), we conducted conditional process analysis to examine potential mediators moderators age-related changes in fatigue. Mediation analyses revealed opposing effects fatigue: Older with greater perceived hearing impairment tended report...
The human voice is a highly flexible instrument for self-expression, yet identity perception largely studied using controlled speech recordings. Using two "voice sorting" tasks with naturally-varying stimuli, we compared the performance of listeners who were familiar and unfamiliar TV show Breaking Bad: organized audio clips 1) low 2) high expressiveness into perceived identities. We predicted that increased (e.g. shouting, whispering) would significantly impair performance. Overall, while...
An understanding of how listeners divide their attention between two simultaneous talkers requires modelling the interaction acoustic factors (energetic masking) and cognitive processes (control auditory attention). The impact spatial separation on this is unclear, since likely to create both benefits (release from energetic costs (increased demands attentional control). To explore question, we manipulated degree masking (high vs. low) (collocated dichotic) talkers. When was high (Experiment...
Models of voice perception propose that identities are encoded relative to an abstracted average or prototype. While there is some evidence for norm-based coding when learning discriminate different voices, little known about how the representation a single identity formed through variable exposure individual’s voice. In two experiments, we show participants form representations individual based on averages, despite having never been exposed these averages during learning. We created 3...
Vocal music is often intended to convey meaning, but how effectively this achieved poorly understood. This study systematically assessed the influence of three non-phonetic factors on intelligibility sung words in six public concerts different venues: word predictability from sentence context, type masker noise (spoken babble, vowels, [∫w]), and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Stimuli were live by a professional cappella ensemble with one male singing target sentences five others (two female)...