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  1. Article: Face masks drive increased rational decision-making.

    Fatfouta, Ramzi / Oganian, Yulia

    Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)

    2022  , Page(s) 1–10

    Abstract: Face masks play a pivotal role in the control of respiratory diseases, such as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Despite their widespread use, little is known about how face masks affect human social interaction. Using unique experimental data collected ... ...

    Abstract Face masks play a pivotal role in the control of respiratory diseases, such as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Despite their widespread use, little is known about how face masks affect human social interaction. Using unique experimental data collected early on in the pandemic, we investigate how facial occlusion by face masks alters socio-economic exchange. In a behavioral economics study (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2021598-8
    ISSN 1936-4733 ; 1046-1310
    ISSN (online) 1936-4733
    ISSN 1046-1310
    DOI 10.1007/s12144-022-03895-1
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  2. Article ; Online: Vowel and formant representation in the human auditory speech cortex.

    Oganian, Yulia / Bhaya-Grossman, Ilina / Johnson, Keith / Chang, Edward F

    Neuron

    2023  Volume 111, Issue 13, Page(s) 2105–2118.e4

    Abstract: Vowels, a fundamental component of human speech across all languages, are cued acoustically by formants, resonance frequencies of the vocal tract shape during speaking. An outstanding question in neurolinguistics is how formants are processed neurally ... ...

    Abstract Vowels, a fundamental component of human speech across all languages, are cued acoustically by formants, resonance frequencies of the vocal tract shape during speaking. An outstanding question in neurolinguistics is how formants are processed neurally during speech perception. To address this, we collected high-density intracranial recordings from the human speech cortex on the superior temporal gyrus (STG) while participants listened to continuous speech. We found that two-dimensional receptive fields based on the first two formants provided the best characterization of vowel sound representation. Neural activity at single sites was highly selective for zones in this formant space. Furthermore, formant tuning is adjusted dynamically for speaker-specific spectral context. However, the entire population of formant-encoding sites was required to accurately decode single vowels. Overall, our results reveal that complex acoustic tuning in the two-dimensional formant space underlies local vowel representations in STG. As a population code, this gives rise to phonological vowel perception.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Speech ; Phonetics ; Auditory Perception ; Speech Perception ; Auditory Cortex
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 808167-0
    ISSN 1097-4199 ; 0896-6273
    ISSN (online) 1097-4199
    ISSN 0896-6273
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.04.004
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  3. Article ; Online: A speech envelope landmark for syllable encoding in human superior temporal gyrus.

    Oganian, Yulia / Chang, Edward F

    Science advances

    2019  Volume 5, Issue 11, Page(s) eaay6279

    Abstract: The most salient acoustic features in speech are the modulations in its intensity, captured by the amplitude envelope. Perceptually, the envelope is necessary for speech comprehension. Yet, the neural computations that represent the envelope and their ... ...

    Abstract The most salient acoustic features in speech are the modulations in its intensity, captured by the amplitude envelope. Perceptually, the envelope is necessary for speech comprehension. Yet, the neural computations that represent the envelope and their linguistic implications are heavily debated. We used high-density intracranial recordings, while participants listened to speech, to determine how the envelope is represented in human speech cortical areas on the superior temporal gyrus (STG). We found that a well-defined zone in middle STG detects acoustic onset edges (local maxima in the envelope rate of change). Acoustic analyses demonstrated that timing of acoustic onset edges cues syllabic nucleus onsets, while their slope cues syllabic stress. Synthesized amplitude-modulated tone stimuli showed that steeper slopes elicited greater responses, confirming cortical encoding of amplitude change, not absolute amplitude. Overall, STG encoding of the timing and magnitude of acoustic onset edges underlies the perception of speech temporal structure.
    MeSH term(s) Acoustic Stimulation ; Brain Mapping ; Humans ; Phonons ; Speech ; Speech Perception ; Temporal Lobe/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2810933-8
    ISSN 2375-2548 ; 2375-2548
    ISSN (online) 2375-2548
    ISSN 2375-2548
    DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aay6279
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  4. Article ; Online: The neurocognitive signature of focus alternatives.

    Spalek, Katharina / Oganian, Yulia

    Brain and language

    2019  Volume 194, Page(s) 98–108

    Abstract: Focus alternatives are words/phrases that can substitute for the focused constituent of an utterance. In "Carsten has picked [CHERRIES] ...

    Abstract Focus alternatives are words/phrases that can substitute for the focused constituent of an utterance. In "Carsten has picked [CHERRIES]
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Brain Mapping ; Comprehension ; Female ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Parietal Lobe/diagnostic imaging ; Parietal Lobe/physiopathology ; Semantics ; Speech Acoustics ; Speech Perception ; Temporal Lobe/diagnostic imaging ; Temporal Lobe/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-05-30
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 7448-2
    ISSN 1090-2155 ; 0093-934X
    ISSN (online) 1090-2155
    ISSN 0093-934X
    DOI 10.1016/j.bandl.2019.04.007
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  5. Article ; Online: Latent neural dynamics encode temporal context in speech.

    Stephen, Emily P / Li, Yuanning / Metzger, Sean / Oganian, Yulia / Chang, Edward F

    Hearing research

    2023  Volume 437, Page(s) 108838

    Abstract: Direct neural recordings from human auditory cortex have demonstrated encoding for acoustic-phonetic features of consonants and vowels. Neural responses also encode distinct acoustic amplitude cues related to timing, such as those that occur at the onset ...

    Abstract Direct neural recordings from human auditory cortex have demonstrated encoding for acoustic-phonetic features of consonants and vowels. Neural responses also encode distinct acoustic amplitude cues related to timing, such as those that occur at the onset of a sentence after a silent period or the onset of the vowel in each syllable. Here, we used a group reduced rank regression model to show that distributed cortical responses support a low-dimensional latent state representation of temporal context in speech. The timing cues each capture more unique variance than all other phonetic features and exhibit rotational or cyclical dynamics in latent space from activity that is widespread over the superior temporal gyrus. We propose that these spatially distributed timing signals could serve to provide temporal context for, and possibly bind across time, the concurrent processing of individual phonetic features, to compose higher-order phonological (e.g. word-level) representations.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Speech/physiology ; Speech Perception/physiology ; Temporal Lobe/physiology ; Auditory Cortex/physiology ; Phonetics ; Acoustic Stimulation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-04
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 282629-x
    ISSN 1878-5891 ; 0378-5955
    ISSN (online) 1878-5891
    ISSN 0378-5955
    DOI 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108838
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  6. Book ; Thesis: Cognitive and neural mechanisms of bilingual decision making

    Oganian, Yulia

    From visual word processing to decisions under risk

    2015  

    Abstract: In the four contributions of this cumulative dissertation cognitive and neural aspects of bilingual visual word recognition and lexical decision making are investigated, using the case of bilingual subjects with native language German and second language ...

    Title translation Kognitive und neuronale Mechanismen bilingualer Entscheidungsprozesse: Von visueller Wortverarbeitung zu Entscheidungen unter Risiko
    Abstract In the four contributions of this cumulative dissertation cognitive and neural aspects of bilingual visual word recognition and lexical decision making are investigated, using the case of bilingual subjects with native language German and second language English. - (1) Oganian, Y., Froehlich, E., Schlickeiser, U., Hofmann, M., Heekeren, H.R. & Jacobs, A. M. (2016) Slower perception followed by faster lexical decision in longer words: A diffusion model analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. 6:1958. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01958. (2) Oganian, Y., Conrad, M., Aryani, A., Heekeren H.R., Spalek, K. (2015, in press). Interplay of bigram frequency and orthographic neighborhood statistics in language membership decision. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. (3) Oganian, Y., Conrad, M., Aryani, A., Spalek, K., & Heekeren H. R. (2015). Activation patterns throughout the word processing network of L1-dominant bilinguals reflect language similarity and identity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 27 (11): 2197-2214. DOI: 10.1162/jocn a 00853. (4) Oganian, Y., Korn, C. W., & Heekeren H.R. (2016). Language switching - but not foreign language use per se - reduces the framing effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Language, Memory, and Cognition. 42 (1): 140-148. DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000161.
    Keywords Bilingualism ; Cerebral Blood Flow ; Code Switching ; Cognition ; Cognitive Neuroscience ; Foreign Languages ; Framing Effects ; Framing-Effekte ; Fremdsprachen ; Kognition (Erkenntnisprozess) ; Kognitive Neurowissenschaft ; Lexical Decision ; Lexikalische Entscheidung ; Sprachkodewechsel ; Word Recognition ; Worterkennen ; Zerebrale Durchblutung ; Zweisprachigkeit
    Language English
    Size 97 S.
    Publisher Freie Universität, Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
    Publishing place Berlin
    Document type Book ; Thesis
    Note Elektronische Publikation im Internet. Kumulative Dissertation
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  7. Book ; Thesis: Cognitive and neural mechanisms of bilingual decision making

    Oganian, Yulia

    From visual word processing to decisions under risk

    2015  

    Abstract: In the four contributions of this cumulative dissertation cognitive and neuronal aspects of bilingual word recognition and decision making are investigated, using the case of bilingual persons with native language German and second language English. - (1) ...

    Title translation Kognitive und neuronale Mechanismen bilingualer Entscheidungsprozesse: Von visueller Wortverarbeitung zu Entscheidungen unter Risiko
    Abstract In the four contributions of this cumulative dissertation cognitive and neuronal aspects of bilingual word recognition and decision making are investigated, using the case of bilingual persons with native language German and second language English. - (1) Oganian, Y., Froehlich, E., Schlickeiser, U., Hofmann, M., Heekeren, H. R. & Jacobs, A. M. (2016) Slower perception followed by faster lexical decision in longer words: A diffusion model analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. 6:1958. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01958. (2) Oganian, Y., Conrad, M., Aryani, A., Heekeren H. R., Spalek, K. (2015). Interplay of bigram frequency and orthographic neighborhood statistics in language membership decision. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. DOI: 10.1017/S1366728915000292. (3) Oganian, Y., Conrad, M., Aryani, A., Spalek, K., & Heekeren H. R. (2015). Activation patterns throughout the word processing network of L1-dominant bilinguals reflect language similarity and identity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 27 (11): 2197-2214. DOI: 10.1162/jocn a 00853. (4) Oganian, Y., Korn, C. W. & Heekeren H. R. (2016). Language switching - but not foreign language use per se - reduces the framing effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Language, Memory, and Cognition, 42 (1), 140-148. DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000161.
    Keywords Bilingualism ; Brain ; Code Switching ; Cognitive Neuroscience ; Englisch als Zweitsprache ; English as Second Language ; Framing Effects ; Framing-Effekte ; Gehirn ; Kognitive Neurowissenschaft ; Lexical Decision ; Lexikalische Entscheidung ; Mental Lexicon ; Mentales Lexikon ; Sprachkodewechsel ; Textverarbeitung ; Word Processing ; Word Recognition ; Worterkennen ; Zweisprachigkeit
    Language English
    Size 97 pp.
    Publisher Freie Universität, Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
    Publishing place Berlin
    Document type Book ; Thesis
    Note Elektronische Publikation im Internet. Kumulative Dissertation
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  8. Book ; Online: Bargaining under social distancing requirements

    Fatfouta, Ramzi / Oganian, Yulia

    Effects of face masks on socio-economic decision-making in the COVID-19 pandemic

    2020  

    Abstract: Face masks play a pivotal role in the control and prevention of respiratory diseases, such as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Despite their widespread use, it is not known how face masks affect human social interaction. In this behavioral economics ... ...

    Abstract Face masks play a pivotal role in the control and prevention of respiratory diseases, such as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Despite their widespread use, it is not known how face masks affect human social interaction. In this behavioral economics study (N = 475), we examined how mask-wearing modulates individuals’ likelihood of acceptance of unfair monetary offers in an iterated social exchange. Overall, participants accepted more offers, including more unfair offers, from mask-wearing opponents than from opponents without a mask. This effect was enhanced when participants ascribed more altruistic motives to their interaction partner. Importantly, this pattern of results was only present for surgical face masks, but not when a non-medical cloth face covering was used. This is the first study to uncover a new phenomenon, the face-mask effect, in which face masks can alter human social behavior.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher Center for Open Science
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
    DOI 10.31234/osf.io/cn7by
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  9. Article ; Online: Parallel and distributed encoding of speech across human auditory cortex.

    Hamilton, Liberty S / Oganian, Yulia / Hall, Jeffery / Chang, Edward F

    Cell

    2021  Volume 184, Issue 18, Page(s) 4626–4639.e13

    Abstract: Speech perception is thought to rely on a cortical feedforward serial transformation of acoustic into linguistic representations. Using intracranial recordings across the entire human auditory cortex, electrocortical stimulation, and surgical ablation, ... ...

    Abstract Speech perception is thought to rely on a cortical feedforward serial transformation of acoustic into linguistic representations. Using intracranial recordings across the entire human auditory cortex, electrocortical stimulation, and surgical ablation, we show that cortical processing across areas is not consistent with a serial hierarchical organization. Instead, response latency and receptive field analyses demonstrate parallel and distinct information processing in the primary and nonprimary auditory cortices. This functional dissociation was also observed where stimulation of the primary auditory cortex evokes auditory hallucination but does not distort or interfere with speech perception. Opposite effects were observed during stimulation of nonprimary cortex in superior temporal gyrus. Ablation of the primary auditory cortex does not affect speech perception. These results establish a distributed functional organization of parallel information processing throughout the human auditory cortex and demonstrate an essential independent role for nonprimary auditory cortex in speech processing.
    MeSH term(s) Audiometry, Pure-Tone ; Auditory Cortex/physiology ; Electrodes ; Electronic Data Processing ; Humans ; Phonetics ; Pitch Perception ; Reaction Time/physiology ; Speech/physiology ; Temporal Lobe/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-18
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 187009-9
    ISSN 1097-4172 ; 0092-8674
    ISSN (online) 1097-4172
    ISSN 0092-8674
    DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2021.07.019
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  10. Article ; Online: Phase Alignment of Low-Frequency Neural Activity to the Amplitude Envelope of Speech Reflects Evoked Responses to Acoustic Edges, Not Oscillatory Entrainment.

    Oganian, Yulia / Kojima, Katsuaki / Breska, Assaf / Cai, Chang / Findlay, Anne / Chang, Edward / Nagarajan, Srikantan S

    The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

    2023  Volume 43, Issue 21, Page(s) 3909–3921

    Abstract: The amplitude envelope of speech is crucial for accurate comprehension. Considered a key stage in speech processing, the phase of neural activity in the theta-delta bands (1-10 Hz) tracks the phase of the speech amplitude envelope during listening. ... ...

    Abstract The amplitude envelope of speech is crucial for accurate comprehension. Considered a key stage in speech processing, the phase of neural activity in the theta-delta bands (1-10 Hz) tracks the phase of the speech amplitude envelope during listening. However, the mechanisms underlying this envelope representation have been heavily debated. A dominant model posits that envelope tracking reflects entrainment of endogenous low-frequency oscillations to the speech envelope. Alternatively, envelope tracking reflects a series of evoked responses to acoustic landmarks within the envelope. It has proven challenging to distinguish these two mechanisms. To address this, we recorded MEG while participants (
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Speech/physiology ; Acoustic Stimulation/methods ; Auditory Cortex/physiology ; Speech Perception/physiology ; Auditory Perception
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 604637-x
    ISSN 1529-2401 ; 0270-6474
    ISSN (online) 1529-2401
    ISSN 0270-6474
    DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1663-22.2023
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