[HTML][HTML] Listening to two speakers: Capacity and tradeoffs in neural speech tracking during Selective and Distributed Attention

M Kaufman, EZ Golumbic - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Speech comprehension is severely compromised when several people talk at once, due to
limited perceptual and cognitive resources. In such circumstances, top-down attention …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical encoding of hierarchical linguistic information when syllabic rhythms are obscured by echoes

C Luo, N Ding - NeuroImage, 2024 - Elsevier
In speech perception, low-frequency cortical activity tracks hierarchical linguistic units (eg,
syllables, phrases, and sentences) on top of acoustic features (eg, speech envelope). Since …

The effect of voice familiarity on attention to speech in a cocktail party scenario

P Har-shai Yahav, A Sharaabi… - Cerebral …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Selective attention to one speaker in multi-talker environments can be affected by the
acoustic and semantic properties of speech. One highly ecological feature of speech that …

Neural Speech-Tracking During Selective Attention and Attention-Switching Between Concurrent Talkers: A spatially realistic audiovisual study

P Har-shai Yahav, A Korisky, R Vaknin Harel… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Selective attention to a talker in multi-talker scenarios, is associated with enhanced neural
speech-tracking of the target talker, relative to competing non-target talkers. This response is …