The latest developments in auditory and neurobiological aspects of speech perception will be explored and discussed during this one-day event which gathers together young and advanced researchers, students and professors.

Speech processing comprises how we perceive the sounds that make up spoken language, how we comprehend the meaning, and how we respond to it verbally. With the recent advancements of neuroimaging techniques, the field of speech processing has taken a turn towards broader cognitive science and has growing implications for scientific and societal development. This international symposium will bring prominent scholars from different language and neuroscience labs to one place for exchange of most recent findings. The brain mechanisms of speech processing will be discussed in an interdisciplinary group, providing fresh perspectives.

 

Speakers: 

Prof. Yale E. Cohen, Penn Auditory Research Laboratory, (University of Pennsylvania)

Dr. M. Florencia Assaneo, Institute for Neurobiology, UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Prof. Mikael Roll, Lund Neurolinguistics group (Lund University)

Dr. Pelle Söderström, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development (Western Sydney University) & Lund Neurolinguistics group (Lund University)

 

Program: 

13:15-13:30   Opening remarks

13:30-14:30   Keynote 1:  M. Florencia Assaneo "Individual Differences in Perceptual-Motor Synchronization Performance"

14:30-15:30   Mikael Roll "Predictive Speech Processing in the Brain"

15:30-16:00   Coffee break

16:00-17:00   Pelle Söderström "Rapid Brain Responses to Spoken Language"

17:00-18:00   Keynote 2:  Yale E. Cohen "Neural Correlates of Auditory Perception"

18:00-18:45   General Discussion: Interdisciplinary perspectives on auditory perception

18:45-19:00   Closing notes