Peter Donhauser
@pwdonh.bsky.social
Cognitive Neuroscience Researcher | Speech & Audition | MEG
Frankfurt, Germany
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=276f1C0AAAAJ
Frankfurt, Germany
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=276f1C0AAAAJ
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Peter Donhauser
@pwdonh.bsky.social
Β· Feb 6
In a new preprint with @kleind.bsky.social, we ask two questions: (Q1) People differ in how they perceive the similarity of stimuli in their environment. How can we model the features underlying similarity judgments in arbitrary domains, while accounting for individual differences? osf.io/agpb5_v1 π§΅
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main goal for this year: find a new job! π
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
January 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM
main goal for this year: find a new job! π
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.
science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The paper discusses in depth the parallels with and potential insights for the bilingual language learning literature. This was a very fun collaborative project together with bilingualism experts @kleind.bsky.social and @kbyers.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The paper discusses in depth the parallels with and potential insights for the bilingual language learning literature. This was a very fun collaborative project together with bilingualism experts @kleind.bsky.social and @kbyers.bsky.social
The development of parallel phonological representations varied based on the timing of language exposure, showing how earlier-learned languages shape the acquisition of subsequent ones.
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The development of parallel phonological representations varied based on the timing of language exposure, showing how earlier-learned languages shape the acquisition of subsequent ones.
We show that multiple phonological systems are organized through parallel representations, preserving the unique aspects of each language while maintaining shared articulatory features (here e.g. manner of articulation and consonant voicing).
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We show that multiple phonological systems are organized through parallel representations, preserving the unique aspects of each language while maintaining shared articulatory features (here e.g. manner of articulation and consonant voicing).
In this new paper led by @drcharlotte.bsky.social and myself, we explored phonological representations in monolingual and bilingual neural networks trained on speech recognition: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Efficient neural encoding as revealed by bilingualism | PNAS
The remarkable human capacity for bilingual and multilingual acquisition raises fundamental
questions about how the brain develops efficient system...
doi.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In this new paper led by @drcharlotte.bsky.social and myself, we explored phonological representations in monolingual and bilingual neural networks trained on speech recognition: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
The development of parallel phonological representations varied based on the timing of language exposure, showing how earlier-learned languages shape the acquisition of subsequent ones.
August 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The development of parallel phonological representations varied based on the timing of language exposure, showing how earlier-learned languages shape the acquisition of subsequent ones.
We show that multiple phonological systems are organized through parallel representations, preserving the unique aspects of each language while maintaining shared articulatory features (here e.g. manner of articulation and consonant voicing).
August 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We show that multiple phonological systems are organized through parallel representations, preserving the unique aspects of each language while maintaining shared articulatory features (here e.g. manner of articulation and consonant voicing).
True. And before meeting Yue Sun I had no idea you could have conversations that last for hours about: syllables.
Just looked through this paper again - and I still think these results are cool (and less obvious than one might think) :-)
"Syllables and their beginnings have a special role in the mental lexicon" Yue Sun providing a nice perspective on phonology and the lexicon.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
"Syllables and their beginnings have a special role in the mental lexicon" Yue Sun providing a nice perspective on phonology and the lexicon.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
August 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
True. And before meeting Yue Sun I had no idea you could have conversations that last for hours about: syllables.
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This was an interesting commentary to write on work by Binder et al. regarding impaired acoustic phonetic perception after unilateral left hemisphere stroke. academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Converging and conflicting evidence for left temporal lobe regions in acoustic-phonetic perception
This scientific commentary refers to βLesion correlates of impaired acoustic-phonetic perception after unilateral left hemisphere strokeβ by Binder et al.
academic.oup.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This was an interesting commentary to write on work by Binder et al. regarding impaired acoustic phonetic perception after unilateral left hemisphere stroke. academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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documentary with a brief appearance of my PI arguing for basic shared values. the past few months here have been highly strange... (example: how to conduct lab meetings when your PI is not allowed to enter the building? πΆβπ«οΈ)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nE...
March 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
documentary with a brief appearance of my PI arguing for basic shared values. the past few months here have been highly strange... (example: how to conduct lab meetings when your PI is not allowed to enter the building? πΆβπ«οΈ)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nE...
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Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts youβre following bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts youβre following bsky.app/profile/pape...
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People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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20+ years ago, an idea about cortical lateralization of audition was advanced: asymmetric sampling in time (AST). This extensive review/reevaluation by Chantal Oderbolz, me, and Martin Meyer assesses how the idea has fared. #notallwrong
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Asymmetric Sampling in Time: Evidence and perspectives
Auditory and speech signals are undisputedly processed in both left and right hemispheres, but this bilateral allocation is likely unequal. The Asymmeβ¦
www.sciencedirect.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
20+ years ago, an idea about cortical lateralization of audition was advanced: asymmetric sampling in time (AST). This extensive review/reevaluation by Chantal Oderbolz, me, and Martin Meyer assesses how the idea has fared. #notallwrong
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We'll have so much exciting data for projects: for example, neuropixel data from humans while they listen to sentences courtesy of @shaileejain.bsky.social, Eddie Chang, and his group.
We'll have so much exciting data for projects: for example, neuropixel data from humans while they listen to sentences courtesy of @shaileejain.bsky.social, Eddie Chang, and his group.
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Come join us!
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February 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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We'll have so much exciting data for projects: for example, neuropixel data from humans while they listen to sentences courtesy of @shaileejain.bsky.social, Eddie Chang, and his group.
We'll have so much exciting data for projects: for example, neuropixel data from humans while they listen to sentences courtesy of @shaileejain.bsky.social, Eddie Chang, and his group.
I feel like you're already missing a spotlight here by not providing a link to your paper:)
February 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I feel like you're already missing a spotlight here by not providing a link to your paper:)
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"Key attributes of successful research institutes" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... β well-written perspective on what makes research institutes successful. having a lot of resources is not sufficient, if there is no positive research culture or good governance structure.
February 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"Key attributes of successful research institutes" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... β well-written perspective on what makes research institutes successful. having a lot of resources is not sufficient, if there is no positive research culture or good governance structure.
C, on all dimensions.
February 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
C, on all dimensions.
February 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thanks to @davidpoeppel.bsky.social and the members of the Poeppel lab for their support and feedback on this work.
February 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thanks to @davidpoeppel.bsky.social and the members of the Poeppel lab for their support and feedback on this work.
We demonstrate the approach on a dataset collected using a speaker odd-one-out task, where we show that peopleβs first language can shape how they perceive continuous and categorical aspects of accents.
February 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We demonstrate the approach on a dataset collected using a speaker odd-one-out task, where we show that peopleβs first language can shape how they perceive continuous and categorical aspects of accents.
Item-level fitting, on the other hand, provides an estimate of the information present in the data that is not accounted for by prior knowledge and remains to be explained. We can use the fitted models for exploration and hypothesis generation.
February 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Item-level fitting, on the other hand, provides an estimate of the information present in the data that is not accounted for by prior knowledge and remains to be explained. We can use the fitted models for exploration and hypothesis generation.
(Q2) However, we show in simulations how to incorporate design matrices in the model fit. This allows us to quantify how well participants' odd-one-out choices can be explained using prior knowledge (here: stimulus categories).
February 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
(Q2) However, we show in simulations how to incorporate design matrices in the model fit. This allows us to quantify how well participants' odd-one-out choices can be explained using prior knowledge (here: stimulus categories).
Both the stimulus feature space and individual rater weights are optimized in a combined procedure using backpropagation. The model can be fitted without taking prior knowledge into account.
February 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Both the stimulus feature space and individual rater weights are optimized in a combined procedure using backpropagation. The model can be fitted without taking prior knowledge into account.