Postdoctoral Fellow Rotman Research Institute
My research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying auditory scene analysis and speech perception in “cocktail-party” environment, with special emphasis on the interaction between auditory "what", "where" and "how" neural pathways which engages in encoding sound identity, spatial processing, and sensorimotor integration, respectively. I use a combination of neuroimaging techniques (e.g., MEG, ERP and fMRI) to investigate which, and how, different brain areas are recruited and modulated by attention and perceptual learning in processing speech identity and/or location. Also I am interested in how the auditory-motor areas, which are involved in speech production, contribute to speech perception in demanding circumstance and how this function is influenced by cognitive aging.
Title | Source (Journal/Book/Conference) | Authors/Presenters | Published On | Type |
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Listening under difficult conditions: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis | Human brain mapping | Alain C, Du Y, Bernstein LJ, Barten T, Banai K | 1514782800 | Journal Article |
Increased activity in frontal motor cortex compensates impaired speech perception in older adults | Nature communications | Du Y, Buchsbaum BR, Grady CL, Alain C | 1451624400 | Journal Article |
Recruitment of the speech motor system in adverse listening conditions | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | Alain C, Du Y | 1429934400 | Journal Article |
Rapid Tuning of Auditory “What” and “Where” Pathways by Training | Cerebral Cortex | Du Y, He Y, Arnott SR, Ross B, Wu X, Li L, Alain C | 1422766800 | Journal Article |
“What”, “Where” and Sensorimotor Integration in Speech Perception | Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University | Du Y | 1410148800 | Presentation |
Noise differentially impacts phoneme representations in the auditory and speech motor systems | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA | Du Y, Buchsbaum BR, Grady CL, Alain C | 1399953600 | Journal Article |
The compensatory mechanism of auditory-motor integration in speech perception | Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting | Du Y, Buchsbaum B, Grady C, Alain C | 1365825600 | Presentation |
Perceived target-masker separation unmasks responses of lateral amygdala to the emotionally conditioned target sounds in awake rats | Neuroscience | Du Y, Wang Q, Zhang Y, Wu XH, Li L | 1354770000 | Journal Article |
Feature-specific cortical plasticity after rapid perceptual learning during speech segregation | Acoustical Society of America 2012 Hong Kong Conference | Du Y, He Y, Wu XH, Li L, Alain C | 1337140800 | Presentation |
Feature-specific cortical plasticity after rapid perceptual learning during speech segregation: a MEG study | Journal of Acoustical Society of America | Du Y, He Y, Wu X, Li L, Alain C | 1333252800 | Abstract |
Auditory frequency-following response: The neurophysiological marker for studying the “cocktail-party problem” | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Du Y, Kong LZ, Wang Q, Wu XH, Li L | 1320555600 | Journal Article |
Differentially organized top-down modulation of prepulse inhibition of startle | Journal of Neuroscience | Du Y, Wu XH, Li L | 1316577600 | Journal Article |
Human auditory cortex activity shows additive effects of spectral and spatial cues during speech segregation | Cerebral Cortex | Du Y, He Y, Ross B, Bardouille T, Wu X, Li L, Alain C | 1298955600 | Journal Article |
Additive Effects of Spectral and Spatial Cues in Human Auditory Cortex during Speech Segregation | 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping | Du Y, He Y, Bardouille T, Ross B, Wu X, Li L, Alain C | 1275796800 | Presentation |
Emotional learning enhances stimulus-specific top-down modulation of sensorimotor gating in socially reared rats but not isolation-reared rats | Behavioural Brain Research | Du Y, Wu XH, Li L | 1263963600 | Journal Article |
Two crossed axonal projections contribute to binaural unmasking of frequency-following responses in rat inferior colliculus | European Journal of Neuroscience | Du Y, Ma TF, Wang Q, Wu XH, Li L | 1257051600 | Journal Article |
Top-down modulation of prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex in humans and rats | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Li L, Du Y, Li NX, Wu XH, Wu YH | 1251864000 | Journal Article |
Precedence effect-induced enhancement of prepulse inhibition in socially reared but not isolation-reared rats | Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience | Du Y, Li J, Wu XH, Li L | 1237608000 | Journal Article |
Binaural unmasking of frequency-following responses in rat amygdala | Journal of Neurophysiology | Du Y, Huang Q, Wu XH, Galbraith GC, Li L | 1237089600 | Journal Article |
Ultrasonic evoked responses in rat cochlear nucleus | Brain Research | Du Y, Ping JL, Li NX, Wu XH, Li L, Galbraith G | 1191384000 | Journal Article |
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