Recent news
- 01/11/2017: Sound Talking
"Sound Talking"ÌýÌý is a one-day event at the London Science Museum that seeks to explore the complex relationships between language and sound, both historically and in the present day. It aims to identify the perspectives and methodologies of current research in the ever-widening field of sound studies, and to locate productive interactions between disciplines.
- 11/10/2017: "Secrets of the Brain"
Our work is featured in the 'Music' episode of '
Starring Ulrich and Robert!
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- 28/09/2017: in2science lab image award
Many congratulations to Mivic - our summer student, who won first prize in the lab photo competition at London Deepmind
- 15/09/2017: 5 generations at the International Conference on Auditory Cortex
The was an unforgettable experience in all respects! We are grateful for travel awards to Alice Milne, Kate Molloy, Sijia Zhao and Maria (as invited speaker).
Our family Tree: "Great Great Grandpa" John Rinzel, "Great Grandpa" Shihab Shamma, "Grandpa" Jonathan Simon, "Mom" Maria Chait, "Dad" Fred Dick and representatives of the current generation: Sijia Zhao and Kate Molloy.
- 17/08/2017: Our in2science students are here!
Our students, Stefania and Mivic are here! And who best to practice EEG setup on than the lab PI??
- 29/07/2017: All the best, Ulrich!
Saying Goodbye to Ulrich who is moving back to Austria to take on a position at the .
We forgot to take photos at his farewell dinner, but here is a photo of his 'lab mug' :-)- 27/07/2017: Our work covered on BBC's 'Science in Action'
Our work on the effect of gazeÌý on listeners' sensitivity to sounds is featured on BBC World Service's 'Science in Action' Listen: (from 8':40)
- 05/07/2017: Gaze direction affects sensitivity to sounds
- 15/06/2017: Congrats Mathilde
...for a successful upgrade to 'PhD candidate'!
- 31/03/2017: Farewell Ed!
Saying goodbye to Ed. After 4 years at the Ear Institute, he is movingÌý to work with at the
- 08/03/2017: Congrats Sijia
Sijia’sÌý poster was awardedÌý a runner-up prize in the Brain Science & Life Sciences section of the
- 15/02/2017: Busy at ARO!
- 20/01/2017: Secrets of the Brain - filming
The crew from were filming in the lab today.Ìý The footage will be part of the doc series 'Secrets of the Brain'.
In the photo are Ulrich Pomper (post Doc) and Robert Jagiello (MSc student) prepping presenter Jack Lewis, for an EEG experiment.
Ìý- 20/01/2017: upcoming talks and presentations
24/01/2017 Maria Chait "How the brain detects patterns in sound sequences"ÌýÌýÌý Neuroscience Center, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
02/02/2017 Maria Chait "The auditory system as the brain’s ‘early warning’ system – Behavioural, eye tracking, and functional brain imaging investigations in humans". Eaton Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, USA.
27/02/2017 Maria Chait "How the brain detects patterns in sound sequences". Collège de France, Paris, France
- 18/01/2017: 'Action on Hearing Loss' Research Day
Mathilde's PhD research -Ìý on the effects of aging and hearing loss on auditory scene analysisÌý - is funded by
Here she is talking about her work at AoHL's Research day.
- 02/01/2017: Theme issue ‘Auditory and visual scene analysis’
A Ìý from our lab is part of a special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B devoted to
- 01/01/2017: Happy New Year
As the web is being filled up with sunset/sunrise photos marking the dawn of a new year, here is our contribution -Ìý A spectrogram from one of our stimuli.
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