Keynote: Prof. Yale E. Cohen

Professor Cohen is a distinguished scholar from University of Pennsylvania working on neural correlates of auditory perception. He researches how the brain combines sensory, motor, and cognitive cues to form internal models of external world. His research focuses on understanding the representation of auditory information in the cortex, how auditory information is integrated with cognitive processes such as attention, motor planning, or memory, and how auditory and visual information is combined to form unified sensory percepts.

In his keynote address, Professor Cohen will delve into the neural correlates of auditory perception, offering valuable insights into the intricate interplay of the brain in interpreting auditory information.

Keynote: Dr. M. Florencia Assaneo

Dr. Assaneo is a pioneering researcher of the oscillatory brain network behind the interaction of speech perception and production. She is also at the forefront of investigations into quantitative individual differences in perceiving and producing speech rhythms. Dr. Assaneo is the principal investigator of the Laboratory on Speech Perception and Production at the Institute for Neurobiology, UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). Her work includes topics like rhythmic synchronisation of speech, speech-motor coupling in the brain, and the role of speech rhythm for different aspects of cognition.

Prof. Mikael Roll

Prof. Mikael Roll is one of the leading neurolinguists in Scandinavia and the principal investigator of Lund Neurolinguistics lab. Here, EEG and ultra high-field MRI are used to study various aspects of language processing. Prof. Roll's research topics include the question of how speech perception can be integrated into general auditory perception, and the role of speech melody and other acoustic cues for predictive processing of spoken language.

Dr. Pelle Söderström

Dr. Söderström is affiliated with Lund University and the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development. He currently works at Western Sydney University, Australia, where he investigates the millisecond-scale mechanisms in language processing. His research focuses on how the brain anticipates the upcoming information. 

Dr. Söderström will talk about rapid brain responses to spoken language.