Dr. Johanna Rimmele

Main research areas

  • Auditory perception/cognition
  • Temporal processing
  • Neural basis of speech perception
  • Content specific representations
  • Neuroplasticity

Other affiliations: CLaME

Vita

Academic Education

2008–2012PhD in Psychology, Research training group “Function of Attention in Cognition” at the Cognitive and Biological Psychology group, University of Leipzig
2006–2011Visiting Researcher, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, New York
2002–2008Diploma in Psychology (minor Philosophy), University of Leipzig
2007–2012Training and volunteer work, Crisis Intervention, Leipzig

Career

Since 2015Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
2012–2015Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Neuro- and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
2011–2012Post-Doctoral Fellow, New York University, Department of Psychology

Publications

Journals

Rimmele, J.M., Kern, P., Lubinus, C., Frieler, K., Poeppel, D., Assaneo, M.F. Musical sophistication and speech auditory-motor coupling: easy tests for quick answers.Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021, in press

Rimmele, J. M., Poeppel, D., & Ghitza, O. (2021). Acoustically driven cortical delta oscillations underpin prosodic chunking. Eneuro, ENEURO.0562-20.2021. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0562-20.2021

Kern, P., Assaneo, M. F., Endres, D., Poeppel, D., & Rimmele, J. M. (2021). Preferred auditory temporal processing regimes and auditory-motor synchronization. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, in press.

Lubinus, C., Orpella, J., Keitel, A., Gudi-Mindermann, H., Engel, A. K., Roeder, B., & Rimmele, J. M.  (2021). Data-driven classification of spectral profiles reveals brain region-specific plasticity in blindness. Cerebral Cortex, 31 (5), 2505-2522. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa370

Assaneo, M. F.*, Rimmele, J. M.*, Sanz Perl, Y., & Poeppel, D. (2021). Speaking rhythmically can shape hearing. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(1), 71-82https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-00962-0

Kern, P., Assaneo, M. F., Endres, D., Poeppel, D., & Rimmele, J. M. (2020). Preferred auditory temporal processing regimes and auditory-motor interactions. BioRxiv, 2020.11.14.382051. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.14.382051

Rimmele, J. M., Poeppel, D., & Ghitza, O. (2020). Acoustically driven cortical delta oscillations underpin perceptual chunking. BioRxiv, 2020.05.16.099432. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.16.099432

Gudi-Mindermann, H., Rimmele, J. M., Bruns, P., Kloosterman, N. A., Donner, T. H., Engel, A. K., & Röder, B. (2020). Post-training load-related changes of auditory working memory – An EEG study. Front Hum Neurosci, 14, p. 72. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00072

Lubinus, C., Gudi-Mindermann, H., Keitel, A., Engel, A. K., Roeder, B., & Rimmele, J. M. (2019). Data-driven classification of spectral profiles reveals brain region-specific plasticity. BioRxiv, 782979. https://doi.org/10.1101/782979

Assaneo, M. F., Rimmele, J. M., Orpella, J., Ripollés, P., de Diego-Balaguer, R., & Poeppel, D. (2019). The Lateralization of Speech-Brain Coupling Is Differentially Modulated by Intrinsic Auditory and Top-Down Mechanisms. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience13, 28. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2019.00028

Rimmele, J. M., Sun, Y., Michalareas, G., Ghitza, O., & D., Poeppel. (2019). Dynamics of functional networks for syllable and word-level processing. BioRxiv, 584375. https://doi.org/10.1101/584375

Rimmele, J. M., Gudi-Mindermann, H., Nolte, G., Röder, B., & Engel, A. K. (2019). Working memory training integrates visual cortex into beta-band networks in congenitally blind individuals.NeuroImage194, 259–271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.003

Rimmele, J. M., Morillon, B., Poeppel, D., & Arnal, L. H. (2018). Proactive Sensing of Periodic and Aperiodic Auditory Patterns. Trends in Cognitive Sciences22, 870–882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2018.08.003

Gudi-Mindermann, H., Rimmele, J.M., Nolte, G., Bruns, P., Engel, A.K., Röder, B. (2018). Working memory training in congenitally blind individuals results in an integration of occipital cortex in functional networks. Behavioural Brain Research, in press

Rimmele, J. M., Gross, J., Molholm, S., Keitel, A. (2018) Brain oscillations in human communication. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 12, 39. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00039

Rimmele, J.M., Gudi-Mindermann, H., Nolte, G., Roeder, B., & Engel, A. K. (2017). Working Memory Training Integrates Visual Cortex into Beta-Band Networks in Congenitally Blind Individuals. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/200121

Rimmele, J. M., Sussman, E., & Poeppel, D. (2015). The role of temporal structure in the investigation of sensory memory, auditory scene analysis, and speech perception: a healthy-aging perspective. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 95(2), 175–183. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.06.010

Rimmele, J. M., Zion Golumbic, E., Schröger, E., & Poeppel, D. (2015). The effects of selective attention and speech acoustics on neural speech-tracking in a multi-talker scene. Cortex, 68, 144–154. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.12.014

Rimmele, J., Schröger, E., & Bendixen, A. (2012). Age-related changes in the use of regular patterns for auditory scene analysis. Hearing Research, 289(1–2), 98–107. doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2012.04.006

Rimmele, J., Sussman, E. S., Keitel, K., Jacobsen, T., & Schröger, E. (2012). Electrophysiological Evidence for Age Effects on Sensory Memory Processing of Tonal Patterns. Psychology and Aging, 27(2), 384–398. doi.org/10.1037/a0024866

Rimmele, J., Jolsvai, H., & Sussman, E. (2011). Auditory Target Detection Is Affected by Implicit Temporal and Spatial Expectations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(5), 1136–1147. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2010.21437

 

Book (Dissertation) and E-books

Rimmele, J., Gross, J., Molholm, S., Keitel, A., eds. (2018). Brain Oscillations in Human Communication. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88945-458-7

Rimmele, J. (2013). Intact hearing, but impaired understanding – Sensory memory processing in healthy old age. (Vol. 35). Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag GmbH.

Awards & Grants

Awards & Grants

2016/2017

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2013

8th dissertation competition of the German Society for Psychology, General Psychology Group

2011–2012

Stipendium, ERASMUS MUNDUS Student Exchange Network in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience

2009–2010

 Reisestipendien der Research Academy Leipzig

2009

Mid Winter Meeting Travel Award der Association of Research in Otolaryngology

2008–2011

Doctoral scholarship der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

2005–2007

 Stipendium der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

 

Projects

  • What in the temporal structure of speech triggers speech-specific processing

    The precise role of cortical oscillations in speech processing is under investigation. According to current research, the phase alignment of Δ/θ-band (2-8 Hz) neural oscillations in the auditory cortex is involved in the segmentation of speech. ...

  • Linguistic Decoding

    When we listen to someone speaking, we are able to quickly and effortlessly understand the content of the spoken language. This ability, however, obscures the complexity of the neural processes that underlie comprehension. One of the first steps ...

  • Are you in sync with yourself?

    In this project we test the influence of rhythmic speech production on speech perception. Auditory perception has been shown to utilize temporal predictions from the motor system to increase its performance (Arnal, & Giraud, 2012; ...

  • Speech chunking

    In a recent study, Ding et al. (2016) showed that spectral peaks of brain waves corresponded to multiple levels of linguistic structure (e.g., peaks in the delta and theta range corresponded to the phrase and syllable rate, respectively). Because ...

  • When our brain rhythms change

    The human brain exhibits rhythms that are characteristic for anatomical areas and presumably involved in diverse perceptual and cognitive processes. Visual deprivation results in behavioral adaptation and cortical reorganization, particularly ...

  • Probing auditory perceptual constraints across individuals

    Natural sounds contain rich temporal structure over various timescales. Previous research suggests neuronal oscillations to be one critical mechanism for processing the temporal structure of sound, with a particular sensitivity in the delta (0.5-3 ...

  • Neural computations of episodic memory processing of speech and song

    In this research area we investigate the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the episodic memory for speech and song. Speech and song are fundamental forms of human vocal behavior. Although they have many commonalities, song shows ...

  • Individual differences in predictive processing during speech (and music) perception

    We have an incomplete understanding of how humans process the dynamic structure of speech. The significance of the dynamic temporal structure of speech is manifold: For example, the syllabic rhythm of speech appears to be crucial for speech ...

  • Endogenous brain rhythms and neural oscillatory accounts of speech perception

    Endogenous brain rhythms have been suggested to reflect intrinsic neural activity related to neural oscillations, as they occur spontaneously in the absence of external stimulation. In this research area, using ...

  • Neural oscillatory accounts of auditory-motor interactions and other top-down influences during speech perception

    Rhythm plays a crucial role in speech perception, and has been at the core of current predictive coding and neural oscillatory approaches. Particularly, the recruitment of the motor system has been related to rhythm processing through temporal ...

  • Predictive coding in auditory perception in health and disorder

    This research area follows several lines of research where mechanism of predictive processing and the contribution of auditory-motor interactions are investigated in health and disease. For example, congenitally blindness has been discussed as ...