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Overview

Samira Anderson is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. The primary focus of their research lies within the field of Neuroscience, with particular attention to Cognitive Neuroscience, Speech and Hearing, Sensory Systems, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Signal Processing.

The scientist's work spans several main topics including Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Noise Effects and Management, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Multisensory Perception and Integration, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, and Speech and Audio Processing.

They have contributed to numerous publications, frequently collaborating with co-authors such as Matthew J. Goupell, Jonathan Z. Simon, Sandra Gordon-Salant, Stefanie E. Kuchinsky, and Alessandro Presacco.

Samira Anderson's research has been published in several prominent venues, including:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hearing Research
  • Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • Journal of Neurophysiology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "High gamma cortical processing of continuous speech in younger and older listeners," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Objective evidence of temporal processing deficits in older adults," 2020, Hearing Research
  • "Effects of aging on cortical representations of continuous speech," 2023, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Exaggerated cortical representation of speech in older listeners: mutual information analysis," 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Peripheral deficits and phase-locking declines in aging adults," 2021, Hearing Research

In addition to journal articles, Samira Anderson has also contributed to book publications, such as a title released by Frontiers Media:

  • Aging-Related Changes in Auditory Perception and Cognition: Measurements, Mechanisms, and Interventions, 2022

Best Publications

  • Aging Affects Neural Precision of Speech Encoding

    Samira Anderson;Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Travis White-Schwoch;Nina Kraus

  • Musical experience and the aging auditory system: implications for cognitive abilities and hearing speech in noise.

    Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Dana L. Strait;Samira Anderson;Emily Hittner

  • Reversal of age-related neural timing delays with training

    Samira Anderson;Travis White-Schwoch;Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Nina Kraus

  • A dynamic auditory-cognitive system supports speech-in-noise perception in older adults.

    Samira Anderson;Travis White-Schwoch;Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Nina Kraus

  • Older adults benefit from music training early in life: biological evidence for long-term training-driven plasticity.

    Travis White-Schwoch;Kali Woodruff Carr;Samira Anderson;Dana L. Strait

  • A neural basis of speech-in-noise perception in older adults.

    Samira Anderson;Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Han Gyol Yi;Nina Kraus

  • Neural Timing Is Linked to Speech Perception in Noise

    Samira Anderson;Erika Skoe;Bharath Chandrasekaran;Nina Kraus

  • Musical experience offsets age-related delays in neural timing

    Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Samira Anderson;Emily Hittner;Nina Kraus

  • Evidence of degraded representation of speech in noise, in the aging midbrain and cortex

    Alessandro Presacco;Jonathan Z. Simon;Samira Anderson

  • Stability and Plasticity of Auditory Brainstem Function Across the Lifespan

    Erika Skoe;Jennifer Krizman;Samira Anderson;Nina Kraus

  • Auditory Processing in Noise: A Preschool Biomarker for Literacy

    Travis White-Schwoch;Kali Woodruff Carr;Elaine C. Thompson;Samira Anderson

  • Auditory brainstem response to complex sounds predicts self-reported speech-in-noise performance.

    Samira Anderson;Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Travis White-Schwoch;Nina Kraus

  • Effects of hearing loss on the subcortical representation of speech cues

    Samira Anderson;Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Travis White-Schwoch;Sarah Drehobl

  • Sensory-cognitive interaction in the neural encoding of speech in noise: a review.

    Samira Anderson;Nina Kraus

  • Training changes processing of speech cues in older adults with hearing loss

    Samira Anderson;Travis White-Schwoch;Hee Jae Choi;Nina Kraus

  • Speech-in-noise representation in the aging midbrain and cortex: Effects of hearing loss.

    Alessandro Presacco;Jonathan Z. Simon;Samira Anderson

  • Brainstem correlates of speech-in-noise perception in children.

    Samira Anderson;Erika Skoe;Bharath Chandrasekaran;Steven Zecker

  • Effect of informational content of noise on speech representation in the aging midbrain and cortex.

    Alessandro Presacco;Jonathan Z. Simon;Samira Anderson

  • The Frequency-Following Response: A Window into Human Communication

    Nina Kraus;Samira Anderson;Travis White-Schwoch

  • Auditory Training: Evidence for Neural Plasticity in Older Adults

    Samira Anderson;Nina Kraus

  • Musical experience strengthens the neural representation of sounds important for communication in middle-aged adults.

    Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Samira Anderson;Emily Hittner;Nina Kraus

Frequent Co-Authors

Nina Kraus
Nina Kraus Northwestern University
Jonathan Z. Simon
Jonathan Z. Simon University of Maryland, College Park
Erika Skoe
Erika Skoe University of Connecticut
Bharath Chandrasekaran
Bharath Chandrasekaran University of Pittsburgh
Trent Nicol
Trent Nicol Northwestern University
Steven G. Zecker
Steven G. Zecker Northwestern University
Patrick C. M. Wong
Patrick C. M. Wong Chinese University of Hong Kong
Gavin M. Bidelman
Gavin M. Bidelman Indiana University
Arthur N. Popper
Arthur N. Popper University of Maryland, College Park
Michael P. Kilgard
Michael P. Kilgard The University of Texas at Dallas

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