Event type:

In person

Date & time:

01 Jun 2020 - 30 Jun 2020

Speech Science Forum 21st May Seminar Recording - Dr. Patti Adank

For those who were unable to make Dr. Patti Adank's 21st May talk, "Automatic Imitation of speech: mechanisms governing perception-production links", we are able to provide a live recording.

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Speech Science Forum 21st May Seminar Recording - Dr. Patti Adank

01 Jun 2020 - 30 Jun 2020

Dr. Patti Adank

Associate Professor

Department of Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, UCL

My research focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the robustness and flexibility of human spoken language The acoustic speech signal is inherently variable, for instance due to background noise, differences in speakers’ anatomy and physiology, speaking style, regional or socio-economic background, or language background. Yet speech perception remains remarkably stable, and listeners are even able to quickly adapt to novel variation sources of the acoustic signal, such as a speaker’s foreign or regional accent.

I combine behavioural and neuroimaging research. My behavioural research consists of studies on speech perception and production  and my neuroimaging research focuses on the neural bases of on-line adaptation in spoken language comprehension and production. Past neuroimaging studies have reported the involvement of neural bases for speech production in speech comprehension tasks. However, this involvement is only present under adverse listening conditions, such as speech in noise, or when the signal has been distorted, for instance by time-compressing it. In my research I test the possibility that this involvement of production regions is specific to on-line adaptation and learning and underlies the robustness of human speech comprehension. My present and future research uses traditional psycholinguistic paradigms, and functional neuroimaging methods such as fMRI, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.

Recently, I got interested in the role of vocal imitation in speech and am exploring the possibility that both overt and covert imitation may optimises speech perception.

Further information

Ticketing

Open

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Dr. Antony Scott Trotter

Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Science

t.trotter@ucl.ac.uk