Student Topic : Brain Attending a Cocktail

This classic phenomenon, in which our brain analyzes a scene by perceptually organizing sensory data to form auditory objects (or auditory streams), is often referred to as the “Cocktail Party Effect” (Cherry, 1953). Many cues have been identified that influence perceptual organization, but only little is known about the actual brain mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. In this proposed topic, we look at the latest development in the quest to find the neural basis for auditory stream segregation.