Musical Intelligence

AMAÇ ERDEM · RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

How does learning change our response to the same sound?

Two research proposals examining how listening experience shapes speech recognition and musical pleasure.

01 / SPEECHPERCEPTION

Can learning a voice improve speech recognition in noise?

Spectral structureTimingMatched speech

Test how learned voice cues contribute to understanding speech in competing sound.

Measured speech bank3D stimulus spaceRetained transfer
Explore speech study
02 / MUSICPLEASURE

How does learning change the pleasure of the same musical event?

P(A | X) = 1/2P(A | X) = 1/8Identical audioPleasure?

Test how listening history and learned expectations shape musical pleasure.

Listening historyIdentical targetsMI model comparison
Explore music study