Max presenting a poster at EPS Leicester 2018

Yuchunzi (Shego) presenting a poster at EPS Leicester 2018

Patti presenting a poster at SNL 2017

Gwijde presenting a poster at SNL​ 2019

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Publications

2023

• Wilt, H., Wu, Y., Evans, B. G., & Adank, P. (2023). Automatic imitation of speech is enhanced for non-native sounds. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
• Wang, H., Chen, R., Yan, Y., McGettigan, C., Rosen, S., & Adank, P. (2023). Perceptual Learning of Noise-Vocoded Speech Under Divided Attention. Trends in Hearing. 
• Wilt, H., Wu, Y., Trotter, A., & Adank, P. (2023). Automatic imitation of human and computer-generated vocal stimuli. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.​

2022

• Nuttall, H. E., Maegherman, G., Devlin, J. T., & Adank, P. (2022). Speech motor facilitation is not affected by ageing but is modulated by task demands during speech perception. Neuropsychologia.

2021

• Trotter, A. S., Banks, B., & Adank, P. (2021). The relevance of the availability of visual speech cues during adaptation to noise-vocoded speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.  
• Banks, B., Gowen, E., Munro, K., & Adank, P. (2021). Eye Gaze and Perceptual Adaptation to Audiovisual Degraded Speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.​

2020

• Paulus, M. (2020). Talker intelligibility and listening effort: the role of speaking rate. ICA Conference Proceedings

• Paulus, M. (2020). Talker intelligibility and listening effort in temporally modified speech. Interspeech Conference Proceedings

 

• Paulus, M., Hazan, V., Adank, P. (2020) The relationship between talker acoustics, intelligibility, and effort in degraded listening conditions. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

 

• Kennedy-Higgins, D., Devlin, J. T., Nuttall, H. E., Adank, P. (2020) The Causal Role of Left and Right Superior Temporal Gyri in Speech Perception in Noise: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

2019

• Trotter, A.S., Monaghan, P., Beckers G. J. L., Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Exploring Variation Between Artificial Grammar Learning Experiments: Outlining a Meta-Analysis Approach. Topics in Cognitive Science

• Virhia, J., Kotz, S.A., Adank, P. (2019) Emotional state dependence facilitates automatic imitation of speech. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

• Wu, Y., Evans, B.G. Adank, P. (2019). Sensorimotor training modulates automatic imitation of visual speech. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review​


• Maegherman. G., Nuttall, H.E., Devlin, J.T., Adank, P. (2019). Motor imagery of speech: the involvement of primary motor cortex in manual and articulatory motor imagery. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

2018

• Adank, P., Nuttall, H.E., Bekkering, H., Maegherman. G. (2018). Effects of stimulus response compatibility on covert imitation of vowels. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics​

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• Adank, P., Kennedy-Higgins, D., Maegherman, G., Hannah, R., & Nuttall, H.E. (2018). Effects of coil orientation on Motor Evoked Potentials from Orbicularis Oris and First Dorsal Interosseous. Frontiers in Neuroscience

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• Nuttall, H.E., Kennedy-Higgins, D., Devlin, J.T., & Adank, P. (2017). Modulation of intra- and inter-hemispheric connectivity between primary and premotor cortex during speech perception. Brain and Language.

2017

• Carey, D. ,Miquel M.E., Evans B.G., Adank P., McGettigan C. (2017). ​Functional brain outcomes of L2 speech learning emerge during sensorimotor transformation NeuroImage


• Carey, D., Miquel M.E., Evans B.G., Adank P., McGettigan, C. (2017). Vocal tract images reveal neural representations of sensorimotor transformation during speech imitation. Cerebral Cortex 

2016

• Nuttall, H.E., Kennedy-Higgins, D., Devlin, J.T., & Adank, P. (2016). The role of hearing ability and speech distortion in the facilitation of articulatory motor cortex. Neuropsychologia.


• Adank, P., Nuttall, H.E., & Kennedy-Higgins, D. (2016). Transcranial magnetic stimulation and motor evoked potentials in speech perception research. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience.

• Nuttall, H.E., Kennedy-Higgins, D., Hogan, J., Devlin, J.T., & Adank, P. (2016). The effect of speech distortion on the excitability of articulatory motor cortex. NeuroImage, 128, 218-226. 

2015

• Adank, P., Nuttall, H.E., Banks, B., Kennedy-Higgins, D. (2015). Neural bases of accented speech perception. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 1-7. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00558 ​​ 
• Banks, B., Gowen, E., Munro, K. J., & Adank, P. (2015). Cognitive predictors of perceptual adaptation to accented speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137 (4), 2015-2024. doi:10.1121/1.4916265

 

• Wieling, M., Veenstra, P., Weber, A., Adank, P., & Tiede, M. (2015). Comparing L1 and L2 speakers using articulography. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.

 

• Adank, P. (2015) Effects of imitation on language attitudes associated with regional and standards accents of British English. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.

 

• Banks, B., Gowen, E., Munro, K.J., & Adank, P. (2015). Audiovisual cues benefit recognition of accented speech in noise but not perceptual adaptation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 422.

 

• Nuttall, H.E., Moore, D.R., Barry, J.G., Krumbholz, K., & de Boer, J. (2015). The influence of cochlear spectral processing on the timing and amplitude of the speech-evoked auditory brainstem response. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(10), 3683-3691.

 

• Rodd, J. M., Vitello, S., Adank, P., & Woollams, A. M. (2015). Localising semantic and syntactic processing in spoken and written comprehension: An Activation Likelihood Estimation meta-analysis. Brain and Language, 141, 89-102.

2014

• Evans, S., Meekings, S., Nuttall, H.E., Jasmin, K.M., Bobinger, D., Adank, P., & Scott, S.K. (2014). Does musical enrichment enhance the neural coding of syllables? Neuroscientific interventions and the importance of behavioural data. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 1-4.

2013

• Adank, P., Stewart, A.J., Connell, L., & Wood, J. (2013). Accent imitation positively affects language attitudes. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 280.

• Adank, P., Rueschemeyer, S.A., & Bekkering, H. (2013). The role of accent imitation in sensorimotor integration during processing of intelligible speech. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 634.

2012

• Adank. P. (2012). Design choices in imaging speech comprehension: an Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) meta-analysis. Neuroimage, 63(3), 1601-1613.

• Adank, P., Davis, M.H., & Hagoort, P. (2012). Neural dissociation in processing noise and accent in spoken language comprehension. Neuropsychologia, 50(1), 77-84.

• Janse, E., & Adank, P. (2012). Predicting foreign-accent adaptation in older adults. Quarterly journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(8), 1563-1585.

• Adank, P. (2012). The neural bases of difficult speech comprehension and speech production: Two Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) meta-analyses. Brain and Language, 122(1), 42-54.

• Adank, P., Stewart, A.J., Conell, L., & Wood, J. (2012). Vocal imitation affects language attitudes. Presented at ISICS 2012 - International Symposium on imitation and convergence in speech.

2011

• Adank. P., Noordzij, M.L., & Hagoort, P. (2011). The role of the plan temporale in processing accent variation in spoken language comprehension. Human Brain Mapping, 33(2), 360-372.

2010

• Adank, P., & Janse, E. (2010). Comprehension of a novel accent by young and older listeners. Psychology & Ageing, 25(3), 736-740.

• Adank, P., Hagoort, P., & Bekkering, H. (2010). Imitation improves language comprehension. Psychological Science, 21(12), 1903-1909.

• Adank. P., & Devlin, J.T. (2010). On-line plasticity in spoken sentence comprehension: Adapting to time-compressed speech. Neuroimage, 49(1), 1124-1132.

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For a more extensive publication history - click here

Presentations

2024

• Han and Patti presented a poster "Perceptual learning of dysarthric speech requires phonological processing: A dual-task study" at the SpiN Workshop in Germany in January 2024. 

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• Han presented a poster "Neural processing of degraded speech under divided attention: an fMRI - machine learning study" at the SpiN Workshop in Germany in January 2024. 

2022

• Han and Patti presented a poster "Robust perceptual learning of noise-vocoded speech under divided attention: A dual-task paradigm" at the Experimental Psychology Society meeting in January 2022.

• Tony, Shego, and Patti gave a talk "Automatic imitation: Stimulus response compatibility effects across domains are robust to cognitive load" at the Experimental Psychology Society meeting in January 2022​.

2020

• Patti gave a talk in Newcastle titled "Automatic limitation of speech: investigating mechanisms governing perception-production links".

• Patti - "Populations affected by listening effort" - Talk at the ENRICH event at the Royal Institute, March 2020

• Patti - "Automatic Imitation of speech: Investigating mechanisms governing perception-production links" - Talk at IMC, Febraury 2020.

 

• Patti - "Neural Processing of variation in speech: The role of action observation and motor imagery" - Talk at CFIN

2019

• Gwijde - Poster presentation at SNL Helsinki, August 2019.

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• Patti - "Using brain stimulation to study the role of temporal and frontal brain areas in processing distorted speech" - Talk at Langue, June 2019.

• Gwijde - "Finding your inner voice - the motor imagery of speech" - Talk given at the Speech Science Forum at UCL, June 2019.


• Max - "The role of speaker acoustics for intelligibility and listening effort" - Poster presented at the Post-Graduate Research Symposium in London, April 2019


• Yuchunzi (Shego) - "Sensorimotor training modulates automatic imitation of visual speech" -Poster presented at Post-Graduate Research Symposium in London, April 2019 (prize for 'Most Commended')


• Gwijde -  "Neural correlates of speech motor imagery – evidence from lip and tongue TMS studies" - Talk given at the Experimental Psychology Society meeting in Manchester, April 2019.


• Max - "Intelligibility and listenin effort in adverse listening conditions: temporal modifications" - Talk given at ENRICH workshop on hearing impairment in Oldenburg, February 2019


• Max - "The role of speaker acoustics for intelligibility and listening effort" - Talk given at Speech in Noise conference (SPiN) in Ghent, January 2019 

2018

• Max - "Intelligibility and listening effort in adverse listening conditions" - Talk given at the ENRICH mid-term review meeting October 2018


• Patti - "Ageing does not affect excitability of articulatory motor cortex during speech perception" - Poster presented at the Society for Neurobiology of Language, August 2018.


• Max - "Adaptation to adverse listening conditions with and without lexical cues" - Poster presented at Multiple Approaches to the Perception of Speech (MAPS) in Groningen, July 2018.


• Max - "Speaker-dependent perceptual learning of degraded speech" - Poster presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting in Leicester, UK, April 2018.

• Yuchunzi (Shego) - "The effects of sensorimotor experience
  on automatic imitation of visually perceived
  speech actions" - Poster presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting in Leicester, UK, April 2018.

2017

• Yuchunzi (Shego) - "The effects of sensorimotor experience
  on automatic imitation of visually perceived
  speech actions" - Talk given at the Speech Science Forum at UCL,  November 2017.


• Patti - "Effects of laterality, handedness, and coil orientation on size and morphology of Motor Evoked Potentials (MEPs) recorded from lip muscles" - Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference. Baltimore, USA, November 2017

• Dan - "The importance of cognitive plasticity and speaker’s voice in adaptation to distorted speech stimuli" - Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference. Baltimore, USA, November 2017.

 

• Yuchunzi (Shego) - "Sensorimotor Learning Modulates Automatic Imitation in Visual Speech" - Poster presented at CogSci 2017 in London, UK, July 2017.

 

• Patti - "Covert imitation processes affect speech perception but not speech production" - Talk presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 2017.

 

• Dan - "Exploring the role of cognitive abilities in plasticity in speech processing" - Talk presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 2017.

 

• Patti -  “The role of articulatory motor cortex in speech perception” - Invited talk at Medizinische Physik and Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all at the University of Oldernburg, Oldernburg, Germany, February 2017.

 

• Helen - Brainbox Initiative Symposium (New York) - Studying sensorimotor integration during speech perception using TMS and EEG, January 2017

2016

• Patti - "Studying sensorimotor processing in speech using distorted signals" - Keynote talk presented at the Sensorimotor Speech Processing Symposium, London, UK, August, 2016.
  

• Helen - "Speech comprehension and associated lip motor activity are modulated by suppression of premotor cortex" - Talk presented at the Sensorimotor Speech Processing Symposium, London, UK, August, 2016
  

• Dan - "Role of the arcuate fasciculus integrity in speech perception in ageing" - Talk presented at the Sensorimotor Speech Processing Symposium, London, UK, August, 2016
  

• Helen - "Speech comprehension and associated lip motor activity are modulated by suppression of premotor cortex" - Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference. London, UK, August, 2016.
  

• Dan - "The importance of white matter tract integrity in ageing speech perception: moving beyond the auditory periphery" - Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference. London, UK, August, 2016.
  

• Dan - "The role of the arcuate fasciculus as a mediator of speech perception difficulties in ageing" - Talk presented at the CINQ Journée Scientifique, Quebec City, Quebec, June 2016
  

• Helen - "Timing of the Speech-Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response Is Dependent on Cochlear Spectral Processing" - Talk presented at the ARO 39th MidWinter meeting in San Diego, California, February 2016
  

2015

• Helen - Motor representations of speech articulators are modulated by both motor and non-motor speech distortions - Poster presented at the Society for the neurobiology of Language conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 2015
  

• Dan - Investigating the factors that impact upon intelligibility processing when using TMS to target the auditory cortex. - Poster presented at the Society for the neurobiology of Language conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 2015
  

 

• Dan - TMS investigations of the Speech Perception Network - Talk presented at the Donders discussions in Nijmegen, Netherlands, November 2015
  

 

• Patti - Talk presented at the Individual differences in language processing across the adult life span: Implications for models of comprehension and production workshop in Nijmegen, Netherlands, December 2015. Title to be decided.
  

 

• Patti - Effects of imitation on language attitudes associated with regional and standards accents of British English - Talk and paper presented at the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, ICPhS 2015, August 2015
  

 

• Helen - How is activity in articulatory motor cortex modulated by speech perception? - Talk presented at the Experimental Psychology Society meeting in Lincoln, July 2015.
  

 

• Patti - Individual differences and audiovisual information processing in perceptual adaptation to distorted speech signals - Talk presented at the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication (CHSCOM 2015) in Linköping, Sweden, June 2015.
  

 

• Helen - Motor representations of speech muscles specifically contribute to perception of distorted speech sounds. - Poster presented at the Magstim Neuroscience Conference 2015 in Oxford, England, May 2015.
  

 

• Patti - How does the brain process variation in speech? - Talk presented at the Centre for Applied Social Research seminar, Leeds Beckett University, May 2015.
  

 

• Helen - Motor representations of speech muscles specifically contribute to perception of distorted speech sounds. - Poster presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS 2015) in San Francisco, California, April 2015.
  

 

• Helen - How do motor representations contribute to speech perception. Talk presented at the UCL Experimental Psychology seminar, February 2015.
  

2014

• Dan - Role of Auditory cortex in perception of intelligible speech - Talk presented at the UCL Speech Sciences Forum, October 2014.
  

• Helen - Timing of the speech-evoked auditory brainstem response is dependent on cochlear spectral processing - Poster presented at the Sixth Annual Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference (SNL 2014) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 2014
  

• Dan - TMS to bilateral posterior Superior Temporal Gyrus impairs perception of intelligible speech. - Poster presented at the Sixth Annual Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference (SNL 2014) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 2014.
  

• Helen & Dan - Talks presented at the first UCL Neuroscience of Language day, May 2014.
  

• Dan - TMS to bilateral posterior Superior Temporal Gyrus impairs perception of intelligible speech - Poster presented at the Magstim Neuroscience Conference 2014 in Oxford, England, May 2014.