Gavin Bidelman

Dr. Bidelman directs the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory located in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. The major goals of the research is to better understand the neural basis of auditory perception and cognition and how it is changed with experiential factors (e.g., auditory learning, training). Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) are used to record electrical activity of the human nervous system and decode brain responses in relation to auditory behaviors. They are currently investigating how individuals' perceptual and cognitive abilities for speech and music emerge via neurocomputations within their underlying brain activity. We also examine how listening experiences (e.g., musicianship, bilingualism), learning, and pathologies (e.g., hearing loss, cognitive impairment) influence speech-listening skills across the lifespan.