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Jörg Lewald is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and specializes in research primarily within the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, sensory systems, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their research focuses on topics including neuroscience and music perception, multisensory perception and integration, tactile and sensory interactions, hearing loss and rehabilitation, neural dynamics and brain function, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, as well as olfactory and sensory function studies.

Lewald has contributed to several scientific publications with a notable presence in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

The recent papers authored or coauthored by Lewald include:

  • Unraveling the Relation between EEG Correlates of Attentional Orienting and Sound Localization Performance: A Diffusion Model Approach (2020), Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Short-Term Audiovisual Spatial Training Enhances Electrophysiological Correlates of Auditory Selective Spatial Attention (2021), Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Training with audio and video games improves audiospatial performance in a "cocktail-party" task: A controlled intervention study in young adults (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Short-term audiovisual spatial training enhances electrophysiological correlates of auditory selective spatial attention (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Lewald frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Christina Hanenberg
  • Stephan Getzmann
  • Michael-Christian Schlüter
  • Laura-Isabelle Klatt
  • Daniel Schneider

Best Publications

  • Cross-modal perceptual integration of spatially and temporally disparate auditory and visual stimuli

    Jörg Lewald;Rainer Guski

  • Spatio-temporal constraints for auditory--visual integration.

    Jörg Lewald;Walter H. Ehrenstein;Rainer Guski

  • Vertical sound localization in blind humans.

    Jörg Lewald

  • Sound localization with eccentric head position.

    Jörg Lewald;Gerd J Dörrscheidt;Walter H Ehrenstein

  • Rapid Adaptation to Auditory-Visual Spatial Disparity

    Jörg Lewald

  • Role of the posterior parietal cortex in spatial hearing.

    Jörg Lewald;Henrik Foltys;Rudolf Töpper

  • The effect of eye position on auditory lateralization

    Jörg Lewald;Walter H. Ehrenstein

  • The effect of gaze eccentricity on perceived sound direction and its relation to visual localization.

    Jörg Lewald

  • Auditory-visual temporal integration as a function of distance: no compensation for sound-transmission time in human perception.

    Jörg Lewald;Rainer Guski

  • Exceptional ability of blind humans to hear sound motion: Implications for the emergence of auditory space

    Jörg Lewald

  • Auditory-visual spatial integration: A new psychophysical approach using laser pointing to acoustic targets

    Jörg Lewald;Walter H. Ehrenstein

  • Eye-position effects in directional hearing

    Jörg Lewald

  • Opposing effects of head position on sound localization in blind and sighted human subjects

    Jörg Lewald

  • Effects of natural versus artificial spatial cues on electrophysiological correlates of auditory motion.

    Stephan Getzmann;Jörg Lewald

  • Influence of head-to-trunk position on sound lateralization.

    J. Lewald;Walter H. Ehrenstein

  • More accurate sound localization induced by short-term light deprivation.

    Jörg Lewald

  • Visual and proprioceptive shifts in perceived egocentric direction induced by eye-position.

    Jörg Lewald;Walter H. Ehrenstein

  • Processing of auditory spatial cues in human cortex: An fMRI study

    Ulrike Zimmer;Jörg Lewald;Michael Erb;Hans-Otto Karnath

  • Processing of sound location in human cortex.

    Jörg Lewald;Klaus A. J. Riederer;Tobias Lentz;Ingo Gerrit Meister

  • Vestibular influence on human auditory space perception.

    Jörg Lewald;Hans-Otto Karnath

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Otto Karnath
Hans-Otto Karnath University of Tübingen
Markus Hausmann
Markus Hausmann Durham University
Michael Erb
Michael Erb Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Martin Tegenthoff
Martin Tegenthoff Ruhr University Bochum
Edmund Wascher
Edmund Wascher TU Dortmund University
Rudolf Töpper
Rudolf Töpper RWTH Aachen University
Michael C. Corballis
Michael C. Corballis University of Auckland
Michael Falkenstein
Michael Falkenstein TU Dortmund University
Charles A. Heywood
Charles A. Heywood Durham University
Robert W. Kentridge
Robert W. Kentridge Durham University

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