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View article: Prior expectations guide multisensory integration during face-to-face communication
Prior expectations guide multisensory integration during face-to-face communication Open
Face-to-face communication relies on the seamless integration of multisensory signals, including voice, gaze, and head movements, to convey meaning effectively. This poses a fundamental computational challenge: optimally binding signals sh…
View article: Someone else's ears: Metacognitive auditory perspective taking in young and older adults
Someone else's ears: Metacognitive auditory perspective taking in young and older adults Open
Understanding others’ listening experiences is an instance of social metacognition. We investigate attributed listening experiences to fictional others in two online experiments involving two groups, young and older adults with normal hear…
View article: Prior expectations guide multisensory integration during face-to-face communication
Prior expectations guide multisensory integration during face-to-face communication Open
Face-to-face communication relies on the seamless integration of multisensory signals, including voice, gaze, and head movements, to convey meaning effectively. This poses a fundamental computational challenge: optimally binding signals sh…
View article: Action toward sound sources enhances auditory spatial confidence: on the metacognitive consequences of reaching to sounds
Action toward sound sources enhances auditory spatial confidence: on the metacognitive consequences of reaching to sounds Open
View article: Spontaneous postural adjustments reduce perceived listening effort
Spontaneous postural adjustments reduce perceived listening effort Open
View article: Continuous tracking of effort and confidence while listening to speech-in-noise in young and older adults
Continuous tracking of effort and confidence while listening to speech-in-noise in young and older adults Open
View article: Spatial hearing training in virtual reality with simulated asymmetric hearing loss
Spatial hearing training in virtual reality with simulated asymmetric hearing loss Open
View article: Training spatial hearing skills in virtual reality through a sound-reaching task
Training spatial hearing skills in virtual reality through a sound-reaching task Open
Sound localization is crucial for interacting with the surrounding world.This ability can be learned across time and improved by multisensory and motor cues.In the last decade, studying the contributions of multisensory and motor cues has …
View article: Sound localization in noisy contexts: performance, metacognitive evaluations and head movements
Sound localization in noisy contexts: performance, metacognitive evaluations and head movements Open
View article: Audiovisual Training in Virtual Reality Improves Auditory Spatial Adaptation in Unilateral Hearing Loss Patients
Audiovisual Training in Virtual Reality Improves Auditory Spatial Adaptation in Unilateral Hearing Loss Patients Open
Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) leads to an alteration of binaural cues resulting in a significant increment of spatial errors in the horizontal plane. In this study, nineteen patients with UHL were recruited and randomized in a cross-over d…
View article: Training spatial hearing in unilateral cochlear implant users through reaching to sounds in virtual reality
Training spatial hearing in unilateral cochlear implant users through reaching to sounds in virtual reality Open
View article: The effect of face masks on sign language comprehension: performance and metacognitive dimensions
The effect of face masks on sign language comprehension: performance and metacognitive dimensions Open
In spoken languages, face masks represent an obstacle to speech understanding and influence metacognitive judgments, reducing confidence and increasing effort while listening. To date, all studies on face masks and communication involved s…
View article: Capturing Visual Attention With Perturbed Auditory Spatial Cues
Capturing Visual Attention With Perturbed Auditory Spatial Cues Open
Lateralized sounds can orient visual attention, with benefits for audio-visual processing. Here, we asked to what extent perturbed auditory spatial cues—resulting from cochlear implants (CI) or unilateral hearing loss (uHL)—allow this auto…
View article: Temporal visual representation elicits early auditory-like responses in hearing but not in deaf individuals
Temporal visual representation elicits early auditory-like responses in hearing but not in deaf individuals Open
View article: Spontaneous head-movements improve sound localization in aging adults with hearing loss
Spontaneous head-movements improve sound localization in aging adults with hearing loss Open
Moving the head while a sound is playing improves its localization in human listeners, in children and adults, with or without hearing problems. It remains to be ascertained if this benefit can also extend to aging adults with hearing-loss…
View article: Reaching to Sounds Improves Spatial Hearing in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users
Reaching to Sounds Improves Spatial Hearing in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users Open
Objectives: We assessed if spatial hearing training improves sound localization in bilateral cochlear implant (BCI) users and whether its benefits can generalize to untrained sound localization tasks. Design: In 20 BCI users, we assessed t…
View article: Adapting to altered auditory cues: Generalization from manual reaching to head pointing
Adapting to altered auditory cues: Generalization from manual reaching to head pointing Open
Localising sounds means having the ability to process auditory cues deriving from the interplay among sound waves, the head and the ears. When auditory cues change because of temporary or permanent hearing loss, sound localization becomes …
View article: Active listening in sound localization: Multisensory and motor contributions to perceiving and re-learning the auditory space
Active listening in sound localization: Multisensory and motor contributions to perceiving and re-learning the auditory space Open
Sound localization is the ability to perceive the position of auditory events. Humans locate sounds in the environment by interpreting the acoustic signals that reach the ears. When these signals are altered, as in many conditions of heari…
View article: A comparison of simultaneously-obtained measures of listening effort: pupil dilation, verbal response time and self-rating
A comparison of simultaneously-obtained measures of listening effort: pupil dilation, verbal response time and self-rating Open
RT, pupil dilation, and self-ratings can be obtained simultaneously when administering speech perception tasks, even though some limitations remain related to the absence of a retention period after the listening phase. The sensitivity of …
View article: Unmasking the Difficulty of Listening to Talkers With Masks: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Unmasking the Difficulty of Listening to Talkers With Masks: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Interactions with talkers wearing face masks have become part of our daily routine since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an on-line experiment resembling a video conference, we examined the impact of face masks on speech comp…
View article: The impact of a visual spatial frame on real sound-source localization in virtual reality
The impact of a visual spatial frame on real sound-source localization in virtual reality Open
View article: Reaching to sounds in virtual reality: A multisensory-motor approach to promote adaptation to altered auditory cues
Reaching to sounds in virtual reality: A multisensory-motor approach to promote adaptation to altered auditory cues Open
View article: Reaching to sounds in virtual reality: A multisensory-motor approach to re-learn sound localisation
Reaching to sounds in virtual reality: A multisensory-motor approach to re-learn sound localisation Open
When localising sounds in space the brain relies on internal models that specify the correspondence between the auditory input reaching the ears and initial head-position with coordinates in external space. These models can be updated thro…