Studies Related to Hearing

Voice familiarity effect on synthetic voices

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It is a known phenomenon that familiar voices, that is, voices with which we have strong long-term familiarity are processed differently by our brains. The goal of the present project is to investigate if modern computational tools are able to generate synthetic speech capable of eliciting similar familiarity effects to natural recordings of a participant's close friend or romantic partner.

Adults 18 to 40 years old

Native North American English speaker

Friend or Romantic Partner

 

IN FOCUS (Identifying Neural Fluctuations indicating auditory Objects Created by Unattended Speech)

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Do you like to listen to other people talking while you are doing something else? How does your brain process speech when you are paying attention to something else? Does speech really go “in one ear and out the other” when you are not paying attention? We are looking for your help to answer this question!

Adults 18 to 40 years old

Native North American English speaker

Right-Handed

 

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