Bruno Mesquita

Investigating neural speech processing with functional near infrared spectroscopy: considerations for temporal response functions

This study applies temporal response functions (TRFs) to fNIRS data during speech perception, showing significant and comparable results to EEG/MEG studies.

Focality of sound source placement by higher (9th) order ambisonics and perceptual effects of spectral reproduction errors

This study evaluates the spatial resolution and perceptual effects of a 9th-order ambisonic system, showing it can render focal sound sources but introduces high-frequency localization cues.

Musical training does not enhance neural sound encoding at early stages of the auditory system: A large-scale multisite investigation

This study investigates whether musical training enhances early auditory neural responses and finds no evidence of such enhancement in a large-scale, multi-site study.

Decoding Fear or Safety and Approach or Avoidance by Brain-Wide Network Dynamics

The paper uses machine learning to decode fear, safety, approach, and avoidance states from brain-wide theta oscillations in rats during stress-related tasks.