Barbara Tillmann
Psychology
CNRS
France
Biography
She is psychologist and working on Perceivers' brains track complex sound structures, keep signals in memory, learn regularities between sounds, build up knowledge and use these information to expect and anticipate future events. These expectations shape the perception of upcoming signals (whether auditory or visual): processing of an expected event is faster and more accurate, less stimulation is necessary and less neural resources are engaged. Methods & Techniques Behavior (Psychoacoustics, cognitive psychology), EEG/SEEG/MEG, anatomical and functional MRI Research projects • Psychoacoustic studies on pitch processing: perceptual processes and cognitive influences (based on listeners' musical knowledge) • Auditory scene analyses with verbal material (speech in speech, speech in noise) and musical material (interleaved melodies) • Musical and linguistic cognition: what do we learn about brain functioning by comparing the processing of musical and linguistic structures? • What is nonmusician listeners' knowledge about musical structures of their culture? How is this knowledge acquired (studying implicit learning in the laboratory with artificial sound structures)
Research Interest
Psychology
