Janniek Wester

Hauptforschungsgebiete
- Speech perception
- Text-to-speech AI
- Cognitive neuroscience
Vita
Ausbildung
2011–2013 | MSc in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
2008–2011 | BSc in Psychobiology with honours program, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
Werdegang
Seit 2023 | Ph.D student, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Department of Music |
2022–2023 | Research assistant at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Department Neurobiology of Language |
2016-2022 | IT engineer at ING Netherlands |
2014-2015 | Teaching assistant BSc Psychobiology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
Publikationen
Publikationen
Zora, H., Wester, J., & Csépe, V. (2023). Predictions about prosody facilitate lexical access: Evidence from P50/N100 and MMN components. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 194, 112262. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2023.112262
Projekte
- Sounds and meanings
Whether it is music, speech, screams, or environmental sounds, we categorize acoustic information that unfolds over time to make sense of sounds. ...
- Borders of "humanness" category
Integrating synthetic voice interfaces into devices is on the rise in numerous settings, from living rooms to classrooms and care-facilities. Despite tremendous technical progress, synthetic voices still lack "humanity," in particular when it ...
- Inferring meaning from vocal expressions
Humans are, generally speaking, quite good at inferring meaning from nonverbal expressions conveyed by face, body, or voice. In a series of experiments, we explore the role of the task on listeners' inferences of meaning, the role of (emotional) ...