Elyse S. Sussman, Ph.D.
Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Professor, Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
(neuroscience category)
Neurobiology of auditory perception, attention, and memory; human electrophysiology; neural adaptation; multisensory interactions in perception; changes in auditory cognition across the lifespan; neurodevelopmental disorders
My research is in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience and is focused on under¬standing the neural bases of auditory information processing. Our laboratory’s research uses a combination of non-invasive recordings of human brain activity, in conjunction with behavioral performance measures, to specify the processes and brain structures that contribute to the organization, stor¬age and perception of a coherent sound environment. The lab investigates effects of typical and atypical neural development on auditory perception, memory, and attention across the lifespan.
Selected Publications
Symonds, R, Lee, W., Kohn, A., Schwartz, O., Witkowski, S., & Sussman, E. S. (2017). Distinguishing stimulus specific adaptation and predictive coding hypotheses in auditory change detection. Brain Topography, 30, 136–148.
Yu, Y.H., Shafer, V.L., & Sussman, E.S. (2017). Neurophysiological and behavioral responses of Mandarin lexical tone processing. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11:95 doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00095
Dinces, E. and Sussman, E. (2017). Attentional resources are needed for auditory stream segregation in aging. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9:414. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00414.
Sussman, E. (2017). Auditory scene analysis: An attention perspective. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research. 60(10):2989-3000. doi: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-17-0041.
Costa-Faidella, J., Sussman, E.S., & Escera, C. (2017). Selective entrainment of brain oscillations drives auditory perceptual organization. Neuroimage, 159, 195–206.
Moldwin, T., Schwartz, O., & Sussman, E. (2017). Statistical learning of melodic patterns influences the brain’s response to wrong notes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(12):2114–2122.
Yu, Y.H., Shafer, V.L., & Sussman, E.S. (2018). The duration of auditory sensory memory for vowel processing: Evidence from neurophysiological and behavioral measures. Frontiers in Psychology-Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00335.
Pavao R, Sussman ES, Fischer BJ, Pena JL (2018) Anticipated ITD statistics built-in human sound localization. BioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/303347
Brace, B., Lee, W., Cole, P., & Sussman, E. (2019). Childhood leukemia survivors exhibit deficiencies in sensory and cognitive processes, as reflected by event-related brain potentials after completion of curative chemotherapy: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, in press.
Symonds, R., Zhou, J., Cole, S., Brace, K., & Sussman, E. (2019). Cognitive resources are distributed amongst the entire auditory landscape in auditory scene analysis. Psychophysiology, in press.