Robert Baumgartner
@robertbaumgartner.bsky.social
Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience @ Austrian Academy of Sciences
Why do approaching sounds grab our attention more than receding ones? Our new study suggests that this "looming bias" isn’t just about simple acoustic features — it depends on whether the sound can be localized in space. @isf-oeaw.bsky.social
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Frontiers | The role of spatial perception in auditory looming bias: neurobehavioral evidence from impossible ears
IntroductionSpatial hearing enables both voluntary localization of sound sources and automatic monitoring of the surroundings. The auditory looming bias (ALB...
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August 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Why do approaching sounds grab our attention more than receding ones? Our new study suggests that this "looming bias" isn’t just about simple acoustic features — it depends on whether the sound can be localized in space. @isf-oeaw.bsky.social
doi.org/10.3389/fnin...
doi.org/10.3389/fnin...
Very much looking forward to our #Dynamates #FENS2024 Satellite Symposium at OeAW & UniVie with Florent Meyniel, John van Opstal, Simone Pika, and Barbara Shinn-Cunningham. Only few spots left – don't wait to register: www.oeaw.ac.at/isf/dynamate...
February 25, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Very much looking forward to our #Dynamates #FENS2024 Satellite Symposium at OeAW & UniVie with Florent Meyniel, John van Opstal, Simone Pika, and Barbara Shinn-Cunningham. Only few spots left – don't wait to register: www.oeaw.ac.at/isf/dynamate...
Apply for a 1-year postdoc position to join our highly interdisciplinary team of young auditory cognitive researchers and perform cutting-edge model-based analyses of neurobehavioural data (👆+EEG+👁️) www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ari/ari/a... Located at ÖAW in Vienna. Please distribute!
November 3, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Apply for a 1-year postdoc position to join our highly interdisciplinary team of young auditory cognitive researchers and perform cutting-edge model-based analyses of neurobehavioural data (👆+EEG+👁️) www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ari/ari/a... Located at ÖAW in Vienna. Please distribute!