Human auditory sensing and cognition

  Research topics [Sensing & Cognition]  

In the research field of "human auditory sensing and cognition", we study the processing of auditory signals, ranging from their acquisition by the human sensory organ, through information transmission and interpretation, all the way up to higher-level cognitive processes like speech comprehension and sound source separation. We develop an understanding of those processes by conducting psychophysical and psychophysiological experiments. Particular emphasis lies on the recording of human brain activity via electroencephalography, which allows us to map the time course of sensory and cognitive processes. An important focus of our work is on age-related changes in hearing. Our work on auditory sensing and cognition is tightly connected with the field of visual sensing and cognition.

• AG Bendixen