Perte du contact auditif avec la nature

Les paysages sonores naturels et la perte auditive

Les paysages sonores naturels sont ici définis comme des arrangements complexes de sons produits par des sources biologiques comme les oiseaux et les insectes, et des sources géophysiques tels que le vent, la pluie, un cours d'eau, façonnés par des effets de propagation sonore spécifiques à l'habitat comme la diffraction (diffusion des ondes lorsqu'elles traversent ou contournent un obstacle) ou encore la réverbération (

Collaboration pédagogique et scientifique dans le domaine des sciences cognitives entre l’ENS et l’Université Taras Shevchenko National de Kiev

Comment est née cette initiative ?

Univ kievLe contexte actuel a motivé notre décision. Ce projet s'est construit spontanément avec l'intention d'exprimer notre solidarité vis-à-vis de nos collègues Ukrainiens. Nous avons donc envoyé un message à faculté de psychologie de l'Université Taras Shevchenko de Kiev pendant l'été 2023.

Temporal integration throughout human auditory cortex is predominantly yoked to absolute time and not the duration of speech structures

The auditory system must integrate across many different temporal scales to derive meaning from complex natural sounds such as speech and music. A key challenge is that sound structures – such as phonemes, syllables, and words in speech – have highly variable durations. As a consequence, there is a fundamental difference between integrating across absolute time (e.g., a 100-millisecond window) vs. integrating across sound structure (e.g., a phoneme or word).

The Brilliance Barrier: Stereotypes about Brilliance Are an Obstacle to Diversity in Science and Beyond

I propose that a field’s diversity is affected by what its members believe is required for success: Fields that value exceptional intellectual talent above all else may inadvertently obstruct the participation of women and (some) minority groups. The environment in these fields may be less welcoming to women and minority groups because of the cultural stereotypes that associate intellectual talent -- brilliance, genius, etc. -- with (white) men.

The limits of language: Why do some experiences elude communication?

Why are some things relatively easy to express in language (e.g., geometric shapes) but others hard (e.g., odors)? Various explanations have been suggested for this differential ineffability (i.e., the impossibility of putting phenomena into words). Perhaps it is due to something fundamental about the cognitive architecture of our mind~brains. The ease of naming visual as opposed olfactory entities, for example, has been attributed the amount brain area devoted to processing each sensory modality.