Hearing and Cognition Concordia Lab
Description
Our lab is interested in audition, speech perception, voice control, emotional processing, the development of language and varied forms of communication, brain plasticity and cognitive neurosciences. Many of our methods are behavioral, relying on tools borrowed from psychoacoustics and DSP analysis including modelling of auditory masking and unmasking mechanisms in tasks that can be low-level or more complex such as listening to a target voice in a background of multiple simultaneous talkers. We also use physiological techniques (measurement of pupil dilation, skin conductance, or the dynamics of heart rate) while participants may listen carefully to specific sounds or words, repeat them orally, evaluate them in the affective domain, or memorize them, etc… Finally, neuroimaging helps us understand why the auditory brain and the networks associated with language respond in a certain way when faced with difficulties/losses in auditory performance ; this can involve electroencephalography, magnetic resonance, near-infrared spectroscopy or neuro-modulatory techniques.
Key words
- Individuals with auditory deficiencies or speech disorders. Individuals who wear cochlear implants or auditory prostheses. Children, adults, and the elderly.
main research equipment/infrastructure
- Audio/psychophysical equipment (sound booths, monitors, headphones, loudspeakers, mics)
Website
https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/psychology/research/deroche.html
lien s’ouvrira dans une nouvelle fenêtreAxis and research theme
AXE 1 – Sensory, motor and cognitive functions and activities
- THÈME 1 – Functional Mechanisms
- THÈME 2 – Physical and Cognitive Activies
Research team
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Contact information
Hearing and Cognition Concordia Lab
Université Concordia
7141, Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal QC H4B 1R6
PY building, room 037
@ : mickael.deroche@concordia.ca
T : 514 848 2424 ext. 2450
