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Yi Du
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Auditory Processing
Multi-Channel Integration
Speech Perception
Speech Understanding
Cognitive Development
Neuroplasticity
Music Cognition
Brain Imaging
Psychophysics
Non-Invasive Neuromodulation
Areas of Focus
- Auditory processing and multi-channel integration
- Speech perception and understanding
- Lifelong development and plasticity of speech cognition
- Music cognition
Work Experience
- 2016-present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-2005 Bachelor: Peking University Health Science Center
- 2005-2011 Doctorate: Department of Psychology, Peking University
- 2012-2015 Postdoctoral: Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto
- 2015-2016 Postdoctoral: Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Publications
- Bilateral human laryngeal motor cortex in perceptual decision of lexical tone and voicing of consonant, Liang, B.S., Li, Y.C., Zhao, W.Y., Du, Y., 2023
- Successful aging of musicians: Preservation of sensorimotor regions aids audiovisual speech-in-noise perception, Zhang, L., Wang, X.Y., Alain, C., Du, Y., 2023
- Worlds apart? Testing the cultural distance hypothesis in music perception of Chinese and Western listeners, Klarlund, M., Brattico, E., Pearce, M., Wu, Y.Y., Vuust, P., Overgaard, M., Du, Y., 2023
- Lip movements enhance speech representations and effective connectivity in auditory dorsal stream, Zhang, L., Du, Y., 2022
- TMS reveals dynamic interaction between inferior frontal gyrus and posterior middle temporal gyrus in gesture-speech semantic integration, Zhao, W.Y., Li, Y.C., Du, Y., 2021
- The Microstructural plasticity of the arcuate fasciculus undergirds improved speech in noise perception in musicians, Li, X., Zatorre, R.J., Du, Y., 2021
- Musical experience offsets age-related decline in understanding speech-in-noise: Type of training does not matter, working memory is the key, Zhang, L., Fu, X.Y., Luo, D., Xing, L.S.D., Du, Y., 2021
- The functional neuroanatomy of lexical tone perception: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis, Liang, B., Du, Y., 2018
- Musical training sharpens and bonds ears and tongue to hear speech better, Du, Y., Zatorre, R.J., 2017
- Increased activity in frontal motor cortex compensates impaired speech perception in older adults, Du, Y., Buchsbaum, B., Grady, C., Alain, C., 2016
- Rapid tuning of auditory 'what' and 'where' pathways by training, Du, Y., He, Y., Arnott, S.R., Ross, B., Wu, X.H., Li, L., Alain, C., 2015
- Noise differentially impacts phoneme representations in the auditory and speech motor systems, Du, Y., Buchsbaum, B., Grady, C., Alain, C., 2014
- Human auditory cortex activity shows additive effects of spectral and spatial cues during speech segregation, Du, Y., He, Y., Ross, B., Bardouille, T., Wu, X.H., Li, L., Alain, C., 2011
- Differentially organized top-down modulation of prepulse inhibition of startle, Du, Y., Wu, X.H., Li, L., 2011
- Auditory frequency-following response: A neurophysiological measure for studying the 'cocktail-party problem', Du, Y., Kong, L.Z., Wang, Q., Wu, X.H., Li, L., 2011
- Top-down modulation of prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex in humans and rats, Li, L., Du, Y., Li, N.X., Wu, X.H., Wu, Y.H., 2009
Awards
- National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation
- National Natural Science Foundation of China 'Outstanding Youth Science Fund'
- Beijing Brain Young Scholar
