Nathan C. Higgins
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Classification of Communication and Head Movement Behaviors during Multi-Person Conversations using Deep Learning Open
Head movements play a pivotal role while engaged in multi-talker conversation by providing non-verbal feedback to partners and enhancing a listener’s ability to separate sound sources. Commercial hearing-aids with an on-board IMU (Inertial…
Head-orienting behaviors during simultaneous speech detection and localization Open
Head movement plays a vital role in auditory processing by contributing to spatial awareness and the ability to identify and locate sound sources. Here we investigate head-orienting behaviors using a dual-task experimental paradigm to meas…
Preliminary Evidence for Global Properties in Human Listeners During Natural Auditory Scene Perception Open
Theories of auditory and visual scene analysis suggest the perception of scenes relies on the identification and segregation of objects within it, resembling a detail-oriented processing style. However, a more global process may occur whil…
Editorial: Understanding the role of head and body movement when navigating a complex auditory scene Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Neurosci., 20 December 2023Sec. Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 17 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1340393
Head movement and its relation to hearing Open
Head position at any point in time plays a fundamental role in shaping the auditory information that reaches a listener, information that continuously changes as the head moves and reorients to different listening situations. The connectio…
Adaptation in the sensory cortex drives bistable switching during auditory stream segregation Open
Current theories of perception emphasize the role of neural adaptation, inhibitory competition, and noise as key components that lead to switches in perception. Supporting evidence comes from neurophysiological findings of specific neural …
Defining functional spatial boundaries using a spatial release from masking task Open
The classic spatial release from masking (SRM) task measures speech recognition thresholds for discrete separation angles between a target and masker. Alternatively, this study used a modified SRM task that adaptively measured the spatial-…
Adaptation in sensory cortex drives bistable switching during auditory stream segregation Open
Current theories of perception emphasize the role of neural adaptation, inhibitory competition, and noise as key components that lead to switches in perception. Supporting evidence comes from neurophysiological findings of specific neural …
Defining functional spatial boundaries using a spatial release from masking task Open
The spatial-release-from-masking (SRM) task is used to assess binaural function, but has limitations for interpreting individual spatial abilities, and it can be an inefficient test. Here, this study introduces a modified SRM task that dir…
Large group differences in binaural sensitivity are represented in preattentive responses from auditory cortex Open
Group differences in the perception of interaural correlation (IAC) were observed in human adults with normal audiometric sensitivity. These differences were reflected in cortical-evoked activity measured via electroencephalography (EEG). …
Resetting of Auditory and Visual Segregation Occurs After Transient Stimuli of the Same Modality Open
In the presence of a continually changing sensory environment, maintaining stable but flexible awareness is paramount, and requires continual organization of information. Determining which stimulus features belong together, and which are s…
Resetting of auditory and visual segregation occurs after transient stimuli of the same modality Open
In the presence of a continually changing sensory environment, maintaining stable but flexible awareness is paramount, and requires continual organization of information. Determining which stimulus features belong together, and which are s…
Evidence for cue-independent spatial representation in the human auditory cortex during active listening Open
Significance Individuals determine horizontal sound location based on precise calculations of sound level and sound timing differences at the two ears. Although these cues are processed independently at lower levels of the auditory system,…
Sensitivity to an Illusion of Sound Location in Human Auditory Cortex Open
Human listeners place greater weight on the beginning of a sound compared to the middle or end when determining sound location, creating an auditory illusion known as the Franssen effect. Here, we exploited that effect to test whether huma…