Auditory distance processing in the human brain

• Project/Area Number: 25870333
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Neurophysiology / General neuroscience; Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Altmann C 京都大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (20572051)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 認知科学 / 神経科学 / 実験心理学 / 脳・神経 / 実験系心理学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project aimed at investigating the processing of auditory distance with noninvasive brain imaging in healthy humans. Sound distance perception depends on various acoustic and non-acoustic cues and thus provides a model system to research cue integration in the human brain. In this series of experiments, we characterized the brain activity during sound motion-in-depth compared to lateral motion and the brain structures involved in estimating distance and sound loudness from room reverberation.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Neural correlates of perceptual grouping in the processing of sound omission by musicians and nonmusicians (2015)
  • Author(s): Ono K, Altmann CF, Matsuhashi M, Mima T, Fukuyama H.
  • Journal Title: Hearing Research Volume: 319 Pages: 25-31
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.10.013
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Independent or integrated processing of interaural time and level differences in human auditory cortex? (2014)
  • Author(s): Altmann, Terada, Kashino, Goto, Mima, Fukuyama, Furukawa
  • Journal Title: Hearing Research Volume: 312 Pages: 121-127
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.03.009
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Categorical perception during active discrimination of consonants and vowels (2014)
  • Author(s): Altmann, C.F., Uesaki, M., Oko, K., Matsubayashi, M., Mima, T. & Fukuyama, H.
  • Journal Title: Neuropsychologia Volume: 64 Pages: 13-23
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.09.006
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Representation of frequency-modulated sounds in the human brain. (2014)
  • Author(s): Altmann, Gaese
  • Journal Title: Hearing Research Volume: 307 Pages: 74-85
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.07.018
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Environmental reverberation affects processing of sound intensity in right temporal cortex. (2013)
  • Author(s): Altmann, C. F., Ono, K., Callan, A., Matsuhashi, M., Mima, T., & Fukuyama, H.
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Neuroscience Volume: 38 Issue: 8 Pages: 3210-3220
  • DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12318
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of regularity on the processing of sound omission in a tone sequence in musicians and non-musicians. (2013)
  • Author(s): Ono, K., Matsuhashi, M., Mima, T., Fukuyama, H., & Altmann, C. F.
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Neuroscience Volume: 38 Issue: 5 Pages: 2786-2792
  • DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12254
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Preattentive processing of horizontal motion, radial motion, and intensity changes of sounds. (2013)
  • Author(s): Altmann, Hiraumi, Terada, Adachi, Votinov, Ono, Mima, Fukuyama
  • Journal Title: Neuroreport Volume: 24 Issue: 15 Pages: 861-865
  • DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000006
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Parallel processing of dynamic interaural time and level differences: a human electroencephalography study. (2015)
  • Author(s): Altmann, Ueda, Ono, Furukawa, Kashino, Mima, Fukuyama
  • Organizer: 第38回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-28
• [Presentation] Categorical perception of consonants and vowels: Behavioral and magnetoencephalographic evidence. (2014)
  • Author(s): Altmann, Uesaki, Ono, Matsuhashi, Mima, Fukuyama
  • Organizer: International Conference on Auditory Cortex
  • Place of Presentation: Herrenkrug Hotel, Magdeburg, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-13 – 2014-09-18
• [Presentation] Effects of categorical speech perception during active discrimination of stop-consonants and vowels within the left superior temporal cortex.. (2014)
  • Author(s): Altmann, Uesaki, Ono, Matsuhashi, Mima, Fukuyama
  • Organizer: 12th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-27 – 2014-07-31
• [Presentation] Independent or integrated processing of interaural time and level differences in human auditory cortex. (2013)
  • Author(s): Altmann
  • Organizer: Society for Neuroscience Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, CA, USA
• [Presentation] Independent or integrated processing of interaural time and level differences in human auditory cortex. (2013)
  • Author(s): Altmann
  • Organizer: Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, CA, USA
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