Neural Correlates of Listening States, Cognitive Load, and Selective Attention in an Ecological Multi-Talker Scenario
Payam Shahsavari Baboukani, Rodrigo Ordoñez, Carina Gravesen, Jan Østergaard, Mike Lind Rank, Emina Aličković, Alvaro Fuentes Cabrera
This paper uses EEG to classify listening states and decode attended speech in multi-talker scenarios, achieving high accuracy for attentional states but not cognitive load.
bioRxiv · Mar 15, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience