In this paper, we introduce a new generative model for an active inference account of
preparatory and selective attention, in the context of a classic 'cocktail party'paradigm. In this …

Switching auditory attention to one of two (or more) simultaneous voices incurs a substantial
performance overhead. Whether/when this voice 'switch cost'reduces when the listener has …

Declines in spatial release from informational masking may contribute to the speech-
processing difficulties that older adults often experience within complex listening …

The goal of the present study was to investigate preparatory mechanisms of auditory
selective attention. In two experiments, participants performed a classification task on one of …

Objectives: To evaluate the listening difficulty in a cocktail party environment in the sound
field in order to better demonstrate patients' difficulties listening in noise, and to examine …

We can selectively attend to one of two simultaneous voices sharing a source location. Can
we endogenously select the voice before speech is heard? Participants heard two digit …

While human speech comprehension is thought to be an active process that involves top-
down predictions, it remains unclear how predictive information is used to prepare for the …

Speech is more intelligible when it is spoken by familiar than unfamiliar people. If this benefit
arises because key voice characteristics like perceptual correlates of fundamental frequency …

Interest in how ageing affects attention is long-standing, although interactions between
sensory and attentional processing in older age have not been systematically studied. Here …

Older adults with hearing loss experience significant difficulties understanding speech in
noise, perhaps due in part to limited benefit from supporting executive functions that enable …