My research is in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience and is focused on understanding the neural bases of auditory information processing in adults and children. Our laboratory's research uses a combination of non-invasive recordings of human brain activity in conjunction with behavioral performance measures, to specify the processes and brain structures that contribute to the organization, storage, and perception of a coherent sound environment. The lab investigates the effects of typical and atypical neural development on auditory perception, memory, and attention across the lifespan.

Recent Publications.

Brace, B., Lee, W., Cole, P., & Sussman, E. (2019). Childhood leukemia survivors exhibit deficiencies in sensory and cognitive processes, as reflected by event-related brain potentials after completion of curative chemotherapy: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 41(8):814-831. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2019.1623865.  

Symonds, R., Zhou, J., Cole, S., Brace, K., & Sussman, E. (2020). Cognitive resources are distributed amongst the entire auditory landscape in auditory scene analysis. Psychophysiology, 57(2): e13487, doi: 10.1111/psyp.13487. PMID: 31578762; PMCID: 

Moskowitz, H.S., Lee, W., & Sussman, E.S. (2020). Response advantage for identification of speech sounds. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1155. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01155. PMID: 32655436

Pavao, R., Sussman, E. Fischer, B. & Pena, J.L. (2020), Natural ITD statistics predict human auditory spatial perception. Elife, https://elifesciences.org/articles/51927

Fishman, Y., Lee, W., & Sussman, E. (2021). Learning to predict: Neuronal signatures of auditory expectancy in human event-related potentials. Neuroimage, 225, 15, 117472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117472

Solomon, S.S., Tang, H., Sussman, E.S., & Kohn, A. (2021). Limited evidence for sensory prediction error responses in visual cortex of macaques and humans. Cereb Cortex. 31(6):3136-3152. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab014. PMID: 33683317

Brace, K.M. & Sussman, E.S. (2021). The role of attention and explicit knowledge in perceiving bistable auditory input. Psychophysiology,  https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13875

Brace, K.M. & Sussman, E.S. (2021). The brain tracks multiple predictions about the auditory scene. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5:747769. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.747769

Bonuck, K., Shafer, V., Battino, R., Valicenti-McDermott, R.M., Sussman, E. & McGrath, K. (2021). Language Disorders Research on Bilingualism, School-Age, and Related Difficulties: A Scoping Review of Descriptive Studies. Academic Pediatrics, 22(4), 518-525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2021.12.002