University of California-San Diego · PsychologyAuditory Communication and Neurophysiology Lab
Cory T Miller · La Jolla, California
Research Focus
Dr. Cory T Miller's lab at UC San Diego focuses on understanding how primates, specifically common marmosets, recognize and engage in vocal communication in noisy environments, akin to a 'cocktail party'. The lab employs innovative behavioral paradigms and neurophysiological recordings to investigate the brain mechanisms involved in parsing auditory signals amidst competing sounds. Their research has implications for understanding auditory recognition disorders in humans and the underlying neural circuits involved in complex auditory environments.
auditory systemvocal communicationneurophysiologycocktail party problemanimal modelsbehavioral paradigmsmachine learningneural mechanismsattentionsocial interaction
Research Aims
3AIM 01Develop a behavioral paradigm to simulate cocktail party dynamics in marmosets.
AIM 02Record neural activity from prefrontal cortex and hippocampus during vocal communication tasks.
AIM 03Investigate the perceptual mechanisms supporting communication in complex auditory environments.
Skills the Lab Values
neurophysiological recordingsanimal behavior analysisacoustic scene manipulationexperimental designmachine learning algorithmsdata analysis in MATLABbehavioral paradigm implementationPython programmingmultisensory integration studiescognitive neuroscience techniques
Output against the department
Publications118bottom 35% of dept.189th of 296
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Citations4.6kbottom 41% of dept.174th of 296
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