Research Interests
The main focus of the Speech Communication group is the neural basis of human speech processing. We are particularly interested in how this relates to subsystems in human auditory cortex, analogies with communication by non-human animals, and the role of sensorimotor interfaces in speech perception.
We work with speech perception and production, and we also study other kinds of vocal behaviour, such as non-verbal emotional vocalisations. As part of this, we've been working a lot on laughter! Check out our recent publications. |
University College LondonThe Speech Communication Lab is based in Alexandra House at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London. Located in Queen Square, a hub for neuroscience and neurological research, we form a part of the Brain Sciences faculty at UCL, considered the 2nd best place in the world to study psychology by Times Higher Education World University Rankings - by Subject 2018 and the most highly cited university in Europe for neuroscience and behaviour studies in the Thomson Scientific Citation Index 2017.
UCL biomedical and health researchers are the most influential in England including in these fields of specialism: clinical neurology, deafness and hearing problems, dementias, experimental psychology, mental health, multidisciplinary psychology, neuroimaging, psychology, psychoanalysis, in the RAND bibliometric analysis, published in 2015. UCL is one of the world's leading universities, founded in London to open up education to all on equal terms. It's also the top-rated university in the UK for research power with the greatest amount of 4* (world leading) research in Panel A, covering medicine and biological sciences, according to REF 2014. UCL has also maintained 7th place in the QS World University Rankings. |
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