Current Research Studies
Spatial Hearing, Musical Training, and Auditory Perceptual Organization
Our ears constantly receive a blend of sounds from various sources in our surroundings. The auditory system works to organize this blend into a coherent perception of our environment. To accomplish this, our mind employs perceptual rules and utilizes information about different characteristics of sounds, such as their spatial properties (location and movement of sound sources). This project aims to explore three aspects: 1) the role of spatial information in facilitating the organization of auditory perception, 2) the interaction between spatial information and other sound attributes like frequency in forming the auditory perception, and 3) how musical training alters the impact of spatial information on the organization of auditory perception.
Funding
Research in the CoNCH Lab is currently funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
