The Union College Psychology Department Speaker Series and Honors Colloquium welcome
Jonathan Peelle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Center for Cognitive and Brain Health, Northeastern University
for a public lecture entitled
Cognitive consequences of acoustic challenge during spoken communication
Thursday, February 15, 2024
12:45–1:50 PM • Karp 105
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Everyday communication is full of acoustic challenges, including background noise, competing talkers, or assistive devices. How do listeners understand speech in the midst of this noise? Evidence from multiple sources is consistent with a shared resource framework of speech comprehension in which domain-general cognitive processes supported by discrete regions of frontal cortex are required for successfully understanding speech. These increased cognitive demands can be captured using behavior, pupillometry, and functional brain imaging. Although frequently studied in the context of hearing loss, these principles have broader implications for our understanding of how auditory and cognitive factors interact during spoken language comprehension.
