This E-Lecture discusses the central questions of speech perception: How do we cope with the complexity of the sound signal and how can we model the perceptual process?
From playlist VLC102 - Speech Science
Science Bulletins: Brains Process Sounds into Sight
When someone is blind from birth, what happens in their brain's visual cortex? Scientists have long thought that this portion of the brain was repurposed, processing the input from a sense other than sight. But technology designed to help blind people "see" using soundscapes tells a differ
From playlist Science Bulletins
PSY108 - Pre-Lexical Processing I: Speech Perception
This E-Lecture discusses the initial stages of speech perception, in articular the invariable properties of the spoken and written signal, so called perceptual cues. A second aspect concerns the modeling of speech perception, i.e. the discussion of active and passive perception models.
From playlist VLC301 - Psycholinguistics
Language (Part 2) || Cognitive Neuroscience (PSY315W)
This is a recorded version of a livestream distance learning lecture, recorded during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Topics include: Language understanding, semantic and syntactical processing in the brain, and the ventral/dorsal streams of speech processing/production. I claim no own
From playlist Cognitive Neuroscience Lectures
Social Cognition || Cognitive Neuroscience (PSY 315W)
This is a recorded version of a livestream distance learning lecture, recorded during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Topics include: social cognition brain areas, autism spectrum disorders, mirror neurons, moral decisions, trolley problem. I claim no ownership over any music, videos,
From playlist Cognitive Neuroscience Lectures
Hearing (Part 1) || Sensation & Perception (PSY 286)
This is a recorded version of a livestream distance learning lecture, recorded during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Topics include: Physical and perceptual properties of sound, loudness and amplitude, and frequency and pitch. I claim no ownership over any music, videos, or advertisem
From playlist Sensation & Perception Lectures
What is Sound? - Quickly Discover What Sound Really Is
What is Sound? This simple demonstration visually shows how sound waves are produced from a vibrating surface. A frequency generator is hooked up to a power amplifier, and the resultant signal is used to drive a loudspeaker. The signal is also sent to an oscilloscope. After listen
From playlist Physics Demonstrations
Assessing Listening Comprehension: What & How
This is a keynote address delivered online at 'The International Webinar on Online EFL Teaching and Assessment in the New Normal', Organized by University of Lampung, Indonesia. I have discussed the assessment of listening comprehension of ESL and EFL students. I cover test specification
From playlist What is Listening?
The New Naturalism II: Evolutionary Riddles
Dwight H. Terry Lectureship October 19, 2006 The New Naturalism II: Evolutionary Riddles Barbara Herrnstein Smith is Braxton Craven Professor of Comparative Literature and English and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory at Duke University
From playlist Terry Lectures
Dementia and Hearing Loss are Tightly Linked
Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Getting older is difficult. So it may not seem like good news that hearing loss and dementia might be linked, but there is a silver lini
From playlist Facts About Your Body
How can machines and humans come together to achieve new feats? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Technology is becoming more and more advanced but cannot prosper on its own, the human brain and the experience that humans have is not easily taught, from remov
From playlist Ri Talks
How Scientists Can Avoid Cognitive Bias
Cognitive biases have received some attention in recent years, thanks to books like “Thinking Fast and Slow,” “You Are Not So Smart, or “Blind Spot.” Unfortunately, this knowledge has not been put into action in scientific research. Scientists do correct for biases in statistical analysis
From playlist Science Explainers
Experts in Emotion 12.1 -- Gerald Clore on Emotion and Cognition
Experts in Emotion Series; Director: June Gruber, Yale University In this episode, you will learn about Emotion and Cognition from Dr. Gerald Clore at the University of Virginia. Dr. Clore will share what first got him interested in this topic and highlight a few core themes in his resea
From playlist Experts in Emotion Series with June Gruber
What is Listening? | Part 2 | Individual differences
In this installment, I continue to discuss listening from the individual differences perspective. For a related video on the assessment of listening, please watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcqAtXgT68Q References Aryadoust, V. (2017). An integrated cognitive model of comprehension
From playlist What is Listening?
Pranab Das - Broadening the reach of mathematical approaches to the study of intelligences
Recorded 18 February 2022. Pranab Das of Elon University, Physics, presents "Broadening the reach of mathematical approaches to the study of intelligences" at IPAM's Mathematics of Collective Intelligence Workshop. Abstract: Over the past five years a $40 million initiative entitled “Diver
From playlist Workshop: Mathematics of Collective Intelligence - Feb. 15 - 19, 2022.
How Do Human Brains Experience Music? | Episode 2111 | Closer To Truth
How does the brain process sounds, transforming mechanical changes in air pressure into astonishing mental experiences we call music? The neuroscience of music – from enrapturing love songs to martial national anthems – is radically challenging. Featuring interviews with John Iversen, Mar
From playlist Closer To Truth | Season 21
Noam Chomsky on Linguistic Theories and the Evolution of Language (Part 3) | Closer To Truth Chats
Closer To Truth is proud to present this four-part miniseries with distinguished theoretical linguist, analytic philosopher, and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky. In Part 3, Chomsky discusses linguistic theories for human sentience and cognition (most notably a Universal Grammar), the evol
From playlist Closer To Truth Chats
The Psych of **Not** Wearing a Mask || Psych Streams and Remote Office Hours w/ Dr. Swan
This video is the video on demand (VOD) from my Twitch livestream. Several edits for timing, interruptions, and tangents. Warning: explicit language in videos shown (they are censored). Topic for this stream: the psychology of why some people may not want to wear masks during the COVID-1
From playlist Twitch Livestream VODs
Unit 7 Panel: Vision and Audition
MIT RES.9-003 Brains, Minds and Machines Summer Course, Summer 2015 View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/RES-9-003SU15 Instructor: Josh Tenenbaum, Hynek Hermansky, Josh McDermott, Gabriek Kreiman, Dan Yemens Panelists discuss developments in the fields of vision and audition, com
From playlist MIT RES.9-003 Brains, Minds and Machines Summer Course, Summer 2015
What is Listening? | Part 3 | Construction and Integration
In this third installment, I continue to discuss listening by presenting the construction-integration model of comprehension and the integrative cognitive model of comprehension. I further shine some light on perception and recognition and their differences with comprehension. For a rela
From playlist What is Listening?