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Sitek, K.R., Helou, L.B., Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Auditory corticostriatal connections in the human brain. bioaRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.04.502679
Fan, J., Sitek, K.R., Chandrasekaran, B., Sarkar, A. (2022). Bayesian Tensor Factorized Mixed Effects Vector Autoregressive Processes for Inferring Granger Causality Patterns from High-Dimensional Neuroimage Data. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.1075
Sitek, K.R.*, Chandra, N.K.*, Sarkar, A., Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Functional connectivity across the human subcortical auditory system using a Gaussian copula graphical model approach with partial correlations. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.15.508099
Roark, C. L. & Chandrasekaran, B. (under review). Common and distinct factors supporting rule-based and information-integration category learning. psyArxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/42cka
Roark, C. L., Paulon, G., Rebaudo, G., McHaney, J. R., Sarkar, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (under review). Individual differences in working memory impact the trajectory of non-native speech category learning. psyArxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fzqht
McHaney, J. R., Schuerman, W. L., Leonard, M. K., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Low amplitude transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation modulates performance but not pupil size during non-native speech category learning. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.19.500625.
Mukhopadhyay, M., McHaney, J. R.,, Chandrasekaran, B., Sarkar, A. (2021). Bayesian Semiparametric Longitudinal Inverse-Probit Mixed Models for Category Learning. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2112.04626.
In Press
Roark, C. L., & Chandrasekaran, B. (accepted). Stable, flexible, common, and distinct behaviors support rule-based and information-integration category learning. npj Science of Learning.
Xie, Z.*, Brodbeck, C.*, & Chandresekaran, B. (accepted). Cortical tracking of continuous speech under bimodal divided attention. Neurobiology of Language. (*contributed equally)
Roark, C. L., Lescht, E., Hampton Wray, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (in press). Auditory and visual category learning in children and adults. Developmental Psychology. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5ynu6
2022
Zhao T. C., Llanos F., Chandrasekaran B., & Kuhl P. K. (2022) Language experience during the sensitive period narrows infants’ sensory encoding of lexical tones—Music intervention reverses it. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 16:941853. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.941853
Zinszer, B. D., Yuan, Q., Zhang, Z., Chandrasekaran, B., & Guo, T. (2022). Continuous speech tracking in bilinguals reflects adaptation to both language and noise. Brain and Language, 230, 105128.
Roark, C. L., Lescht, E., Hampton Wray, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Auditory and visual category learning in children. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 416-623). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Roark, C. L., Feng, G., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Talker identification as a categorization problem. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds._)_, Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1779-1786). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Baese-Berk, M. M., Chandrasekaran, B. & Roark, C. L. (2022). The nature of non-native speech sound representations. _The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152_(5), 3025-3034. Special Issue: Reconsidering Classic Ideas in Speech Communication. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0015230.
Rupp K, Hect JL, Remick M, Ghuman A, Chandrasekaran B, Holt LL, & Abel TJ (2022). Neural responses in human superior temporal cortex support coding of voice representations. PLoS Biol 20(7): e3001675. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001675
de la Chapelle, A., Savard, M., Restani, R., Ghaemmaghami, P., Thillou, N., Zardoui, K., Chandrasekaran, B., Coffey, E. B. J. (2022). Sleep affects higher-level categorization of speech sounds, but not frequency encoding. Cortex. 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.04.018
Teichert, T., Gnanateja, G. N., Sadagopan, S., Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). A linear superposition model of envelope and frequency following responses may help identify generators based on latency. Neurobiology of Language. https://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00072
Llanos, F., Zhao, C. T., Kuhl, P. K., Chandrasekaran, B. (accepted). The emergence of idiosyncratic patterns in the frequency-following response during the first year of life. JASA Express Letters. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010493
Llanos, F., Gnanateja, G. N., Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Principal component decomposition of acoustic and neural representations of time-varying pitch reveals adaptive efficient coding of speech covariation patterns. Brain and Language, 230, 105122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2022.105122
Sitek, K. R., Calabrese, E., Johnson, G. A., Ghosh, S. S., Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Structural connectivity of human inferior colliculus subdivisions using in vivo and post mortem diffusion MRI tractography. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.751595/full
Schuerman, W. L., Chandrasekaran, B., Leonard, M. K. (2022). Arousal states as a key source of variability in speech perception and learning. Languages, 7(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7010019
Caras, M. L., Happel, M. F. K., Chandrasekaran, B., Ripollés, P., Keesom, S. M., Hurley, L. M., Remage-Healey, L., Holt, L. L., Wright, B. A. (2022). Non-sensory influences on auditory learning and plasticity. Journal of the Association of Research in Otolaryngology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-022-00837-32021
2021
Roark, C. L. & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Individual variability in strategies and learning outcomes in auditory category learning. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Tessmar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 154-160). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Gnanateja, G. N., Rupp, K., Remick, M., Llanos, F., Pernia, M., Sadagopan, S., Teichert, T., Abel, T., Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Frequency-Following Responses to Speech Sounds Are Highly Conserved across Species and Contain Cortical Contributions. ENeuro. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0451-21.2021
Feng, G., Gan, Z., Yi, H. G., Ell, S. W., Roark, C. L., Wang, S., Wong, P. C. M., Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Neural dynamics underlying the acquisition of distinct auditory category structures. NeuroImage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118565
Yi, H., Chandrasekaran, B., Nourski, K.V., Rhone, A.E., Schuerman, W.L., Howard III, M.A., Chang, E.F., Leonard, M.K. (2021). Learning non-native speech sounds changes local encoding in the adult human cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101777118
Devaraju, D. S., Kemp, A., Eddins, D. A., Shrivastav, R., Chandrasekaran, B., & Hampton Wray, A. (2021). Effects of task demands on neural correlates of acoustic and semantic processing in challenging listening conditions. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. DOI: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00006
Roark, C. L.*, Smayda, K. E.*, & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Auditory and visual category learning in musicians and non-musicians. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151_(3), 739-748. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001088 (*contributed equally)
McHaney, J. R.*, Tessmer, R.*, Roark, C. L., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Working memory relates to individual differences in speech category learning: Insights from computational modeling and pupillometry. Brain and Language, 222, 105010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105010 (*contributed equally)
Urbin, M. A., Lafe, C. W., Simpson, T. W., Wittenberg, G. F., Chandrasekaran, B., & Weber, D. J. (2021). Electrical stimulation of the external ear acutely activates noradrenergic mechanisms in humans. Brain Stimulation, 14(4), 990-1001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2021.06.002
Feng, G., Li, Y., Hsu, S., Wong, P. C. M., Chou, T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Emerging native-similar neural representations underlie non-native speech category learning success. Neurobiology of Language, 2(2), 280-307. https://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00035
Llanos, F., Gnanateja, G. N., German, J., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). The neural processing of pitch accents in continuous speech. Neuropsychologia, 158, 107883.
Roark, C. L., Paulon, G., Sarkar, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Comparing perceptual category learning across modalities in the same individuals. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(3), 898-909. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-021-01878-0.
McHaney, J. R.*, Gnanateja, G. N.*, Smayda, K. E., Zinszer, B. D., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Cortical Tracking of Speech in Delta Band Relates to Individual Differences in Speech in Noise Comprehension in Older Adults. Ear and Hearing, 42(2), 343-354. (*contributed equally)
2020
Dial, H. R., Gnanateja, G. N., Tessmer, R. T., Tempini, M. L. G., Chandrasekaran, B., & Henry, M. L. (2020). Cortical tracking of the speech envelope in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
Reetzke, R., Gnanateja, G. N., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2020). Neural tracking of the speech envelope is differentially modulated by attention and language experience. Brain and Language, 213, 104891.
Feng, G., Gan, Z., Llanos, F., Meng, D., Wang, S., Wong, P. C. M., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2020). A distributed dynamic brain network mediates linguistic tone representation and categorization. NeuroImage, 224, 117410.
Paulon, G., Llanos, F., Chandrasekaran, B., & Sarkar, A. (2020). Bayesian Semiparametric Longitudinal Drift-Diffusion Mixed Models for Tone Learning in Adults. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2020.1801448
Llanos, F., McHaney, J. R., Schuerman, W. L., Yi, H. G., Leonard, M. K.*, & Chandrasekaran, B.* (2020). Non-invasive peripheral nerve stimulation enhances speech category learning in adults. npj Science of Learning, 5(1), 1-11. (*co-senior authors)
2019
Coffey, E., Nicol, T., White-Schowch, T., Chandrasekaran, B., Krizman, J., Skoe, E., Zatorre, R, & Kraus, N. (2019). Evolving perspectives on the sources of the frequency-following response. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1-10.
Yi, H., Smiljanic, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2019). The Effect of Talker and Listener Depressive Symptoms on Speech Intelligibility. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 139(4), 2047-2047.
Xie, Z., Zinszer, B. D., Riggs, M., Beevers, C. G., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2019). Impact of depression on speech perception in noise. PLoS ONE, 14(8), e0220928.
Llanos, F., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2019). Biometric identification of listener identity from frequency following responses to speech. Journal of Neural Engineering, 16(5), 56004.
Zinszer, B. D., Riggs, M., Reetzke, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2019). Error patterns of native and non-native listeners' perception of speech in noise. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145(2), EL129-EL135.
Paulon, G., Reetzke, R., Chandrasekaran, B., & Sarkar, A. (2019). Functional Logistic Mixed Effects Models for Learning Curves from Longitudinal Binary Data. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(3), 543-553.
Xie, Z., Reetzke, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2019). Machine learning approaches to analyze speech-evoked neurophysiological responses. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(3), 587-601.
2018
Lau, J., Wong, P., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2018). Interactive effects of linguistic abstraction and stimulus statistics in the online modulation of neural speech encoding. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1-14.
Feng, G., Yi, H., Chandrasekaran, B. (2018). The role of human auditory corticostriatal network in speech learning. Cerebral Cortex, 1-13.
Xie, Z., Reetzke, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2018). Taking Attention Away from the Auditory Modality: Context-dependent Effects on Early Sensory Encoding of Speech. Neuroscience, 384, 64-75.
Reetzke, R., Xie, Z., Llanos, F., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2018). Tracing the Trajectory of Sensory Plasticity across Different Stages of Speech Learning in Adulthood. Current Biology, 28, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.026.
2017
Llanos, F., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2017). Hidden Markov Modeling of Frequency-Following Responses to Mandarin Lexical Tones. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 291, 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1016.j.jneumeth.2017.08.010.
Feng, G., Gan, Z., Wang, S., Wong, P. C. M., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2017). Task-general and Acoustic-invariant Neural Representation of Speech Categories in the Human Brain. Cerebral Cortex, 1-14. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhx195.
Smayda, K. E., Worthy, D. A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2017). Better late than never (or early): Music training in late childhood is associated with enhanced decision-making. Psychology of Music, 1-15. doi: 10.1177/0305735617723721.
Lam, B. P. W., Xie, Z., Tessmer, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2017). The Downside of Higher Susceptibility to Lexical Influences: Selectively Poorer Speech Perception in Noise. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60, 1662-1673, doi: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-16-0133.
Yi, H., Xie, Z., Reetzke, R., Dimakis, A. G., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2017). Vowel decoding from single-trial speech-evoked electrophysiological responses: A feature-based machine learning approach. Brain and Behavior. 2017;e00665. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.665
Lau, J.C.Y., Wong, P., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2017). Context-dependent plasticity in the subcortical encoding of linguistic pitch patterns. Journal of Neurophysiology, 117(2), 594-603.
Xie, Z.*, Reetzke, R.*, & Chandrasekaran, B. (2017). Stability and plasticity in neural encoding of linguistically-relevant pitch patterns. Journal of Neurophysiology, 117, 1407-1422. (* co-first authors)
2016
Van Engen, K. J., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2016). Audiovisual sentence recognition not predicted by susceptibility to the McGurk effect. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 1-8.
Reetzke, R., Lam, B.P.W., Xie, Z., Sheng, L., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2016). Effect of simultaneous bilingualism on speech intelligibility across different masker types, modalities, and signal-to-noise ratios in school-age children. PLoS ONE, 11(12): e0168048. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168048.
Maddox, W.T., Koslov, S., Yi, H., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2016). Performance Pressure Enhances Speech Learning. Applied Psycholinguistics, 37(6), 1369-1396.
Yi, H., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2016). Auditory categories with separable decision boundaries are learned faster with full feedback than minimal feedback. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(2), 1332-1335.
Francis, A.L., MacPherson, M.K., Chandrasekaran, B., & Alvar, A.M. (2016). Autonomic nervous system responses during perception of masked speech may reflect constructs other than subjective listening effort. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00263.
Smayda, K.E., Van Engen, K.J., Maddox, W.T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2016). Audio-Visual and Meaningful Semantic Context Enhancements in Older and Younger Adults. PLOS ONE, 11(3), e0152773.
Yi, H., Maddox, W. T., Mumford, J. A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2016). The role of corticostriatal systems in speech category learning.Cerebral Cortex, 26(4), 1409-1420doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhu236.
Chandrasekaran, B., Yi, H., Smayda, K., & Maddox, W. T. (2016). Effect of explicit dimension instruction on speech category learning. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 78, 566-582.
Deng, Z., Chandrasekaran, B., Wang, S., &Wong, P.C.M. (2016) Resting-state low-frequency fluctuations reflect individual differences in spoken language learning. Cortex, 63-78.
Reetzke, R., Maddox, W. T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2016). The Role of Age and Executive Function in Auditory Category Learning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 142, 48-65.
2015
Chandrasekaran, B., Yi, H., Blanco, N., McGeary, J. E., & Maddox, W. T. (2015). Enhanced procedural learning of speech sound categories in a genetic variant of FOXP2. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(20), 7808-7812.
Xie, Z., Maddox, W. T., McGeary, J. E., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2015). The C957T polymorphism in the dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) gene modulates domain-general category learning. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(9), 3281-3290.
Xie, Z., Maddox, W. T., Knopik, V. S., McGeary, J. E., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2015). Dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene modulates the influence of informational masking on speech recognition. Neuropsychologia, 67,121-131.
Smayda, K., Chandrasekaran, B., Maddox, W. T. (2015). Enhanced cognitive and perceptual processing: A computational basis for the musician advantage in speech learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 682. doi: 10.3398/fpsyg.2015.00682
Chandrasekaran, B., Van Engen, K., Xie, Z., Beevers, C. G., & Maddox, W. T. (2015). Influence of depressive symptoms on speech perception in adverse listening conditions. Cognition & Emotion, 29(5), 900-909. doi: 10.1090/02699931.2014.944106.
2014
Xie, Z., Yi, H., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2014). Nonnative audiovisual speech perception in noise: Dissociable effects of the speaker and listener. PLoS ONE, 9(12): e114439.
Van Engen, K., Phelps, J. B., Smiljanic, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2014). Enhancing speech intelligibility: Interactions among context, modality, speech style, and masker. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 57(5), 1908-1918.
Chandrasekaran, B., Koslov, S., & Maddox, W. T. (2014). Toward a dual-learning systems model of speech category learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(825), 1-17.
Yi, H., Smiljanic, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2014). The neural processing of foreign-accented speech and its relationship to listener bias. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:768. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00768.
Chandrasekaran, B., Yi, H., & Maddox, W. T. (2014). Dual-learning systems during speech category learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21(2), 488-495.
Chandrasekaran, B., Skoe, E., & Kraus, N. (2014). An integrative model of subcortical auditory plasticity. Brain Topography, 27(4), 539-552.
Skoe, E., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2014). The layering of auditory experiences in driving experience-dependent subcortical plasticity. Hearing Research, 311, 36-48.
Gilbert, R. C., Chandrasekaran, B., & Smiljanic, R. (2014). Recognition memory in noise for speech of varying intelligibility. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135(1), 389-399.
Skoe, E., Chandrasekaran, B., Spitzer, E. R., Wong, P. C. M., & Kraus, N. (2014). Human brainstem plasticity: The interaction of stimulus probability and auditory learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 109, 82-93.
Maddox, W. T., Chandrasekaran, B., Smayda, K., Koslov, S., Yi, H. G., & Beevers, C. G. (2014). Elevated depressive symptoms enhance reflexive but not reflective auditory category learning. Cortex, 58, 186-198.
Maddox, W. T. & Chandrasekaran, B. (2014).Tests of a dual-systems model of speech category learning. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17(4), 709-728.
2013
Ress, D., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2013). Tonotopic organization in the depth of human inferior colliculus. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7.
Yi, H., Phelps, J. E. B., Smiljanic, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2013). Reduced efficiency of audiovisual integration for nonnative speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(5), EL387-EL393.
Maddox, W. T., Chandrasekaran, B., Smayda, K., & Yi, H. (2013). Dual systems of speech category learning across the lifespan. Psychology and Aging, 28(4), 1042.
2012
Van Engen, K., Chandrasekaran, B., & Smiljanic, R. (2012). Effects of speech clarity on recognition memory for spoken sentences. PLoS ONE, 7(9), e43753.
Chandrasekaran, B., Kraus, N. & Wong, P. C. M. (2012). Human inferior colliculus activity relates to individual differences in language learning. Journal of Neurophysiology, 107(5), 1325-1336.
Wong, P. C. M., Chandrasekaran, B., & Zheng, J. (2012). The derived allele of ASPM is associated with lexical tone perception. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e34243. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034243.
2011
Chandrasekaran, B., Chan, H. D., & Wong, P. C. M. (2011). Neural processing of what and who information during spoken language processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(10), 2690-2700.
Wong, F. C. K., Chandrasekaran, B., Garibaldi, K., & Wong, P. C. M. (2011). White matter anisotropy in the ventral language pathway predicts sound-to-word learning success. The Journal of Neuroscience, 31(24), 8780-8785.
Hornickel, J., Chandrasekaran, B., Zecker, S., & Kraus, N. (2011). Auditory brainstem measures predict reading and speech-in-noise perception in school-aged children. Behavioural Brain Research, 216, 597-605.
2010
Kraus, N., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2010). Music training for the development of auditory skills. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11, 599-605.
Chandrasekaran, B., Sampath, P. D., & Wong, P. C. M. (2010). Individual variability in cue-weighting and lexical tone learning. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 128(1), 456-465.
Chandrasekaran, B., & Kraus, N. (2010). Music, noise-exclusion, and learning. Music Perception, 27(4), 297-306.
Anderson, S., Skoe, E., Chandrasekaran, B., & Kraus, N. (2010). Neural timing is linked to speech perception in noise. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(14), 4922-4926.
Chandrasekaran, B., & Kraus, N. (2010). The scalp-recorded brainstem response to speech: Neural origins and plasticity. Psychophysiology, 47, 236-246.
Anderson, S., Chandrasekaran, B., Yi, H., & Kraus, N. (2010). Cortical-evoked potentials reflect speech-in-noise perception in children. European Journal of Neuroscience, 32, 1407-1413.
Anderson, S., Skoe, E., Chandrasekaran, B., Zecker, S., & Kraus, N. (2010). Brainstem correlates of speech-in-noise perception in children. Hearing Research,270, 151-157.
2009
Chandrasekaran, B., Hornickel, J. M., Skoe, E., Nicol, T., & Kraus, N. (2009). Context-dependent encoding in the human auditory brainstem relates to hearing speech in noise: Implications for developmental dyslexia. Neuron, 64(3), 311-319.
Chandrasekaran, B., Krishnan, A., & Gandour, J. T. (2009). Relative influence of musical and linguistic experience on early cortical processing of pitch contours. Brain and Language, 108(1), 1-9.
Chandrasekaran, B., Krishnan, A., & Gandour, J. T. (2009). Sensory processing of linguistic pitch as reflected by the mismatch negativity. Ear and Hearing, 30(5), 552-558.
Book Chapters
2022
Chandrasekaran, B., Tessmer, R., Gnanateja, G.N. (2022). Subcortical Processing of Speech Sounds. In: Holt, L.L., Peelle, J.E., Coffin, A.B., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) Speech Perception. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 74. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81542-4_2
2018
Reetzke, R., Chandrasekaran, B., & Maddox, W. T. (2018). Hypothesis Testing. In M.H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. SAGE Publications.
2017
Reetzke, R., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2017). Neurobiology of Literacy and Reading Disorders.The Frequency-following Response: A Window into Human Communication. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Fay R, Popper A, eds. Springer Science+Business Media, Berlin, Germany.
2016
Tessmer, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2016). Stability and plasticity in the neural representation of linguistic pitch patterns. Proc. Tonal Aspects of Languages 2016, 1-5.
2015
Chandrasekaran, B., Xie, Z., & Reetzke, R. (2015). Chapter 6. Music training and neural processing of speech: a critical review of the literature ln A. Agwuele & A. Lotto (Eds.), Essays in Speech Processes: Language Production and Perception. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing. [PDF]
2012
Chandrasekaran, B., & Kraus, N. (2012). Biological factors contributing to reading ability: Subcortical auditory function. In: Developmental Dyslexia: Early Precursors, Neurobehavioral Markers and Biological Substrates. April A. Benasich and R. Holly Fitch (eds.)
Presentations
2023
Mitchell, C., Zink, M. E., McHaney, J. R., Anthony, S., Hallihan, M., Chandrasekaran, B., & Parthasarathy, A. (2023). Relationship between altered auditory temporal processing and speech perception in noise in young and middle-aged adults. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology 2023 + HearTECH Expo, Seattle, WA, April, 2023.
Yurasits, K., Zhen, L. Q., Parida, S., Klara, J., McHaney, J. R., Cancel, V., Zink, M. E., Mitchell, C., Chandrasekaran, B., & Parthasarathy, A. (2023). Age-related changes in the representation of stimulus temporal fine structure cues and their relationship to multi-talker speech intelligibility. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology 2023 + HearTECH Expo, Seattle, WA, April, 2023.
McHaney, J. R., Zhen, L., Anthony, S., Xie, Z., Parthasarathy, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2023). Deficits in Sensory Decision-Making Underlie Self-Perceived Hearing Difficulties. Talk presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 46th Annual MidWinter Meeting, Orlando, FL, February, 2023.
Parker, A., McHaney, J. R., Xie, Z., Chandrasekaran, B., & Hampton Wray, A. (2023). Cortical Tracking of Continuous Speech-in-Noise: Children’s Use of Linguistic and Acoustic Information. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 46th Annual MidWinter Meeting, Orlando, FL, February, 2023.
Zhen, L. Q., McHaney, J. R., Zink, M. E., Mitchell, C., Parida, S., Anthony, S., Hallihan, M., Brown, C. A., Chandrasekaran, B., & Parthasarathy, A. (2023). Age-related Differences in Neural and Perceptual Signatures of Temporal Fine Structure Processing Underlying Muti-talker Speech Intelligibility. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 46th Annual MidWinter Meeting, Orlando, FL, February, 2023
Zink, M. E., McHaney, J. R., Mitchell, C., Hallihan, M., Anthony, S., Chandrasekaran, B., & Parthasarathy, A. (2023). Neurophysiological Markers of Sensory Gain and Their Relationship to Speech Perception in Noise in Young and Middle-Aged Adults. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 46th Annual MidWinter Meeting, Orlando, FL.
2022
Roark, C. L. & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Category Learning with Point-Based Feedback. Talk presented at the Psychonomic Society 63rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2022.
McHaney, J. R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Sensory Encoding and Decision-making in Speech Perception in Noise. Poster presented at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, PA, October 2022.
Sitek, K. R. & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Dorsal striatal contributions to speech sound categorization. Talk presented at the meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, PA, October 2022.
Sitek, K. R., Chandra, N., Sarkar, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Functional connectivity across the human subcortical auditory system using a Gaussian copula graphical model approach with partial correlations. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, PA, October 2022.
Deschamps, S., Sitek, K. R., Chen, J.-K., Baum, S. R., Chandrasekaran, B., & Klein, D. (2022). Effects of early language exposure on speech category learning and speaker identification. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, PA, October 2022.
Roark, C. L., Feng, G., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Talker identification as a categorization problem. Poster presented at the Cognitive Science Society meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 2022.
Roark, C. L., Lescht, E., Hampton Wray, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Auditory and visual category learning in children. Talk presented at the Cognitive Science Society meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 2022.
Gnanateja, G. N.*, Sitek, K. R.*, Llanos, F., and Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Cross-Modal Approach to Studying FFRs in a Representational Similarity Analysis Framework. Poster presented at the FFR Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, June 6–8, 2022.
Gnanateja, G. N., Zink, M. E., Kar, M., Pernia, M., Sadagopan, S., and Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Arousal States Modulate Frequency Following Responses Across Humans and Guinea Pigs. In 45th Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter meeting, Virtual Meeting, February 5-9th 2022.
Gnanateja, G. N., Xie, Z., and Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Attention Effects on Neural Encoding of Temporal Envelope and Periodicity in Continuous Speech. In 45th Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter meeting, Virtual Meeting, February 5-9th 2022.
Gnanateja, G. N., Rupp, K., Llanos, F., Abel, T.J., and Chandrasekaran, B. (2022). Cortical Encoding of Discrete Prosodic Features in Continuous Speech. In 45th Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter meeting, Virtual Meeting, February 5-9th 2022.
Gnanateja, G. N., Maruthy, S., (2022). Effects of Spectro-Temporal Degradation on the Cortical Tracking of the Temporal Envelope of Speech. In 45th Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter meeting, Virtual Meeting, February 5-9th 2022.
Gnanateja, G. N., Quigley, T., Mehraei, G., Larsen, E., Whitton, J., Chandrasekaran, B., Parthasarathy, B. (2022). Middle Ear Muscle Reflexes Are Potential Biomarkers of Peripheral Neural Dysfunction in Individuals With Chronic Tinnitus. In 45th Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter meeting, Virtual Meeting, February 5-9th 2022.
Dial, H., Gnanateja, G. N., Pugalenthi, L., Tessmer, R., Henry, M., Chandrasekaran, B., Li, J.J. (2022). Cortical Tracking of Semantic Dissimilarity for Features Derived Using Static and Contextualized Embeddings in Primary Progressive Aphasia. In 45th Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter meeting, Virtual Meeting, February 5-9th 2022.
2021
Roark, C. L., Paulon, G., Sarkar, S., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021, November). Decision processes during rule-based and information-integration category learning in the same individuals. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting for the Psychonomic Society, Virtual.
Sitek, K.R., Chandrasekaran, B. (2021, October). Structural connectivity of human inferior colliculus subdivisions using in vivo and post mortem diffusion MRI tractography. Slide Slam presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (Virtual).
Roark, C. L. & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021, July). Individual variability in strategies and learning outcomes in auditory category learning. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting for the Cognitive Science Society, Virtual. Video: https://underline.io/lecture/26626-individual-variability-in-strategies-and-learning-outcomes-in-auditory-category-learning
Sitek, K.R., Chandrasekaran, B. (2021, June). Diffusion MRI tractography estimates of auditory cortical–striatal connectivity in the human brain. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (Virtual).
2020
Roark, C. L., Reetzke, R., Llanos, F., McHaney, J. R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (December 2020). Learning Mandarin tone categories with natural speech and a non-speech homologue. Poster accepted at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL. (Conference canceled)
Hampton Wray, A., Lescht, E., Devaraju, D. S., McKenzie, M., Gnanateja, G. N., & Chandrasekaran, B. (November 2020). Neurophysiological Indices of Selective Auditory Attention in Children who Stutter. Poster accepted to the 83rd Annual ASHA Convention, San Diego, CA. (Convention canceled)
Devaraju, D. S., Chandrasekaran, B., Kemp, A., Eddins, E., Shrivastav, R., & Hampton Wray, A. (November 2020). Listening effort modulates neural tracking of acoustic cues in speech. Poster accepted to the 83rd Annual ASHA Convention, San Diego, CA. (Convention canceled)
McHaney, J. R., Schuerman, W. L., Leonard, M. K., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2020). Non-invasive peripheral nerve stimulation paired with speech sounds modulates pupillary responses and selectively enhances learning. Poster to be presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language, Virtual.
Llanos, F., German, J. S., Gnanateja, G. N., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2020). Dynamic encoding of English pitch accents in EEG responses to continuous speech: effects of native language experience and attention. Poster to be presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurobiology of Language, Virtual.
Teichert, T., Sadagopan, S., Abel, T., Gnanateja, G. N., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2020). Frequency-Following Response Generation and Modulation: A Deconvolution Method to Estimate FFR-Generating Linear Kernels. Poster to be presented at the Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience Meeting, Virtual.
Sadagopan, S., Kar, M., Pernia, M., Gnanateja, G. N., Chandrasekaran, B., Teichert, T., & Abel, T. (October 2020). Frequency-Following Response Generation and Modulation: FFR Modulation by Arousal and Stimulus Context. Poster to be presented at the Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience Meeting, Virtual.
Gnanateja, G. N., Rupp, K., Llanos, F., Remick, M., Teichert, T., Sadagopan, S., Abel, T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2020). Frequency-Following Response Generation and Modulation: Response Properties of Cortical FFRs to Speech Signals. Poster to be presented at the Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience Meeting, Virtual.
Chandrasekaran, B., Gnanateja, G. N., Rupp, K., Llanos, F., Remick, M., Teichert, T., Sadagopan, S., Abel, T. (October 2020). Frequency-Following Response Generation and Modulation: Representational Similarity Analysis for Cross-species and Cross-level Characterization. Poster to be presented at the Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience Meeting, Virtual.
Roark, C. L., Chandrasekaran, B., & Feng, G. (2020, October). Decision strategies during Mandarin tone category learning relate to different networks of emerging representations. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting for the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Virtual.
Roark, C. L. & Chandrasekaran, B. (2020, July). Auditory, visual, and speech category learning in the same individuals. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting for the Cognitive Science Society, Virtual.
Zinszer, B. D., Yuan, Q., Zhang, Z., Chandrasekaran, B., & Guo, T. (April 2020). Acoustic entrainment of speech supports comprehension under moderate noise but degrades under more severe adversity. Poster presentation at the 2020 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Rupp, K., Llanos, F., Abel, T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (April 2020). Heschl's gyrus encoding of abstract context-invariant speech cues in natural speech perception. Poster presentation at the 2020 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (January 2020). Taking Attention Away from the Auditory Modality: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Effects on Continuous Speech Processing. Podium presentation at the 43rd Annual MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, San Jose, CA.
Gnanateja, G. N., & Chandrasekaran, B. (January 2020). Context-dependent Auditory Processing in Individuals with Tinnitus. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, San Jose, CA.
2019
Llanos, F., Reetzke, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (May 2019). Proactive neural processing of native and non-native speech. Podium presentation to be presented at the 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Louisville, KY.
2018
McHaney, J. R., Zinszer, B. D., Smayda, K. E., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (December 2018). Cortical entrainment to the speech envelope relates to speech comprehension in older adults under adverse listening conditions. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Aging Institute Research Day, Pittsburgh, PA.
Lam, B. P. W., & Chandrasekaran, B. (November 2018). Elevated susceptibility to auditory illusions when performance pressure is high. Poster presented at the 81st Annual ASHA Convention, Boston, MA.
Tessmer, R., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (November 2018). Pupil dilation as an index of non-native speech category learning. Poster presented at the 59th meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.
Dial, H. R., Zinszer, B. D., Chandrasekaran, B., & Henry, M. L. (October 2018). Neural encoding of phonetic features relates to phonological processing in PPA. Poster presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Montreal, Canada.
Dial, H. R., Zinszer, B. D., Chandrasekaran, B., & Henry, M. L. (August 2018). Cortical entrainment of continuous speech envelope is preserved in non-fluent PPA. Poster to be presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Llanos, F., McHaney, J. R., Leonard, M. K., Schuerman, W. L., Yi, H. G., & Chandrasekaran, B. (August 2018). Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation enhances non-native speech categorization. Poster to be presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Yi, H. G., Leonard, M. K., Chandrasekaran, B., Nourski, K. V., Howard III, M. A., & Chang, E. F. (August 2018). Learning novel speech sounds reorganizes acoustic representations in the human superior temporal gyrus. Slide presentation at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Zinszer, B. D., Haye, T. A, Athey, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (August 2018). Lexical tone classification in frontal and posterior regions using fNIRS. Poster to be presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Zinszer, B. D., Haye, T. A, Athey, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (June 2018). Quality of frequency-following response to speech sounds linked with left prefrontal hemodynamic activity using fNIRS+EEG. Talk to be presented at the 2nd International Neuroergonomics Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (June 2018). Dividing attention to the visual modality impairs the processing of continuous speech. Poster to be presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Singapore.
McHaney, J. R., Zinszer, B. D., Smayda, K. E., & Chandrasekaran, B. (March 2018). Effect of listening environment on cortical entrainment to continuous speech in older adults. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 25th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Llanos, F., Reetzke, R., Sakthi, M., & Chandrasekaran, B. (February 2018). Neurofeedback mediated modulation of the frequency following response. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, San Diego, CA.
Llanos, F. & Chandrasekaran, B. (February 2018). Machine learning decoding of listener identity from frequency following responses. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, San Diego, CA.
2017
Reetzke, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (November 2017). Music Training Enhances Speech-in-Speech Perception in Adolescents. Poster presented at the 80th annual ASHA Convention, Los Angeles, CA.
Feng, G., Yi, H. G., & Chandrasekaran, B. (September 2017). Corticostriatal circuitry associated with speech representational plasticity in the superior temporal gyrus. Poster presented at the 6th International Conference on Auditory Cortex, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Reetzke, R., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (September 2017). Effects of selective attention and language experience on cortical entrainment to continuous speech. Poster presented at the 6th International Conference on Auditory Cortex, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Llanos, F., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (June 2017). Decoding linguistically-relevant pitch patterns from frequency-following responses using hidden Markov models. Poster presented at the 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, MA.
Smayda, K., & Chandrasekaran, B. (May 2017). Music Training for the Enhancement of Speech-In-Noise Processing in Older Adults. Presented at the annual University of Texas at Austin Leadership Luncheon, Austin, TX.
Reetzke, R., Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (February 2017). Effects of Language Experience and Long-term Training on the Neural Weighting and Categorical Perception of Pitch Dimensions. Podium presentation at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2017 MidWinter Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (February 2017). Taking attention away from the auditory modality: subcortical representation of speech signals during inattentional deafness. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2017 MidWinter Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Smayda, K. E., Feng, G., Cooper, J., & Chandrasekaran, B. (January 2017). Music Training for the Enhancement of Speech-In-Noise Processing in Older Adults. Presented at the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, Dallas, TX.
2016
Smayda, K., Worthy, D. A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (July 2016). Better late than never (or early): Late music lessons confer advantages in decision-making. Presented at the 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, San Francisco, CA.
Chandrasekaran, B., Reetzke, R., Yi, H. G., Roeder, J., Xie, Z., & Maddox, W. T. (May 2016). Experience-dependent plasticity in the neural weighting of pitch dimensions: A machine learning approach. Poster presented at the 171st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT.
Tessmer, R., Atagi, E., Bent, T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (May 2016). Categorization training for non-native accented word recognition. Poster presented at the 171st Meeting of theAcoustical Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT.
Yi, H. G., Tessmer, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (May 2016). Optimizing Lexical Learning through Manipulation of Phonological Training Environment. Poster presented at the 171st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT.
Han, Y. C., Koslov, S., Maddox, W. T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (April 2016). Motivation and Speech Category Learning: A Dual-Learning System Approach. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
Xie, Z., Reetzke, R., Yi, H., Maddox, W. T., Dimakis, A. G., & Chandrasekaran, B. (February 2016). Subcortical decoding of stimulus, group experience, and individuality. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2016 MidWinter Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Reetzke, R., Xie, Z., Yi, H., Maddox, W. T., Dimakis, A. G., & Chandrasekaran, B. (February 2016). Dynamics of short-term experience-dependent plasticity in human subcortical auditory function. Podium presentation at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2016 MidWinter Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Chandrasekaran, B., Xie, Z., Yi, H., & Reetzke, R. (February 2016). Midbrain-based decoding of vowel and speaker information in humans. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2016 MidWinter Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Yi, H. Koslov, S. R., Maddox, W. T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (February 2016). Mapping the auditory corticostriatal pathway in humans using diffusion tensor imaging. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2016 MidWinter Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2015
Yi, H. Koslov, S. R., Maddox, W. T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2015). Corticostriatal white matter connectivity predicts speech category learning success. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Chicago, IL.
Yi, H., Xie, Z., Reetzke, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2015). Corticollicular influences on subcortical encoding of speech sounds. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Chicago, IL.
Asteris, M., Kyrillidis, A., Dimakis, A., Yi, H., & Chandrasekaran, B. (July 2015). Stay on path: PCA along graph paths. Poster presented at the 32nd International Conference on Machine Learning, Lille, France.
Koslov, S., Blanco, N. J., Maddox, W. T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (July 2015). Using real-time computational modeling to individually optimize tone category learning. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Pasadena, CA.
Xie, Z., & Chandrasekaran, B. (May 2015). Intra-subject variability in frequency-following responses and cortical event-related responses to Mandarin tones. Lecture presented at the 169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA.
Xie, Z., Maddox, W. T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (May 2015). Elevated depressive symptoms associate with an emotion-general deficit in speech perception at a cocktail party. Poster presented at the 169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA.
Reetzke, R., Maddox, W. T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (May 2015). The role of age and executive function in auditory category learning.Poster presented at the 169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA.
Tsao, N., Tessmer, R., Reetzke, R., Chandrasekaran, B., & Maddox, W. T. (April 2015). The development of auditory category learning: A computational modeling approach. Poster presented at the Longhorn Research Bazaar, Austin, TX.
Smith, L., Glick, A., Reetzke, R., Chandrasekaran, B., & Maddox, W. T. (April 2015). Auditory category learning across learning across development. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Forum and the Longhorn Research Bazaar.
2014
Yi, H., Maddox, W. T., Mumford, J. A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (November 2014). The role of corticostriatal learning systems in speech categorization. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society's 55th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
Koslov, S., Chandrasekaran, B., & Maddox, W. T. (November 2014). Performance pressure enhances novel speech category learning. Poster presented at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
Reetzke, R., Lam, B., Xie, Z., Sheng, L., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2014). Developmental and linguistic factors of audiovisual speech perception across different masker types.Poster presented at the 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN.
Yi, H., Maddox, W. T., Knopik, V. S., McGeary, J. E., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2014). Enhanced speech learning in genetic variants of COMT and FOXP2. Poster presented at the 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN.
Xie, Z., Maddox, W. T., Knopik, V. S., McGeary, J. E., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2014). Individual differences in speech perception in noise: A neurocognitive genetic study. Poster presented at the 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN.
Tessmer, R., Tsao, N., Reetzke, R., Chandrasekaran, B., & Sheng, L. (April 2014). Audiovisual integration and speech perception in bilingual speakers. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Forum, Austin, TX.
Curry, K., & Chandrasekaran, B. (April 2014). Effects of audiovisual cues on speech-in-noise perception in Spanish-English bilinguals and English monolinguals. Poster presented at the Longhorn Research Bazaar, Austin, TX.
2013
Liu, C., & Chandrasekaran, B. (June 2013). Effects of phonological training on tone perception for English listeners. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19, 060057.
Sheft, S., Smayda, K., Shafiro, V., Maddox, W. T., & Chandrasekaran, B. (June 2013). Effect of musical training on static and dynamic measures of spectral-pattern discrimination. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19, 050025.
Smiljanic, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (June 2013). Processing speech of varying intelligibility. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19, 060102.
Smiljanic, R., Sheft, S., Chandrasekaran, B., & Shafiro, V. (June 2013). Effect of speech clarity on perception of interrupted meaningful and anomalous sentences. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19, 060109.
Yi, H., Smiljanic, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (June 2013). Natural variations in speech intelligibility: An fMRI study. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seattle, WA.
Smayda, K., Chandrasekaran, B., Yi, H., & Maddox, W. T. (January 2013). Reflexive- and Reflective-System Learning of Auditory Categories Across the Lifespan. Poster presented at the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, Dallas, TX.
Yi, H., Smiljanic, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (January 2013). Natural variations in speech intelligibility: An fMRI study. Poster presented at the Institute for Neuroscience 17th Annual Symposium, Austin, TX.
2012
Phelps, J.B., Van Engen, K., Smiljanic, R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (October 2012). Effects of visual cue enhancement on speech intelligibility on clear and conversational speech. Poster presented at the 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, MO.
Chandrasekaran, B., Yi, H., & Maddox, W. T. (October 2012). Delayed feedback disrupts optimal strategies during foreign speech sound learning. Poster presented at the 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, MO.
Yi, H., Chandrasekaran, B., & Maddox, W. T. (October 2012). Optimized speech sound category training bootstraps foreign word learning. Poster presented at 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, MO.
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Chandrasekaran, B. (Speaker). (2012, April 19). Neuroscientists talk shop [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://snrp.utsa.edu/Podcast/Podcast.html