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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Reverberation exacerbates effects of interruption on auditory spatial selective attention.

Victoria Figarola, Wusheng Liang, Sahil Luthra, Christopher Brown, Barbara Shinn-Cunningham

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Victoria FigarolaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Wusheng LiangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Sahil LuthraDepartment of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Christopher BrownDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Barbara Shinn-CunninghamDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

Funding

Training in Auditory and Vestibular NeuroscienceT32DC011499 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Karl Kandler, BILL J YATES · 2011 to 2026
$3.0M
Cortical processing of informational maskingR01DC019126 · NIDCD · NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SHINN-CUNNINGHAM, BARBARA · 2020 to 2025
$1.3M
How spatial cues support communication: Interactions between auditory spatial features and task demands across cortical networksR01DC022699 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI CHRISTOPHER A BROWN, Barbara Shinn-Cunningham · 2025 to 2026
$1.2M
Modifying spatial maps to improve localizationR21DC018408 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BROWN, CHRISTOPHER A · 2020 to 2021
$416k
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019126NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC022699NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC018408NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC011499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Everyday listening requires focusing on one talker while ignoring competing sounds, a process challenged by reverberation and unexpected distractions. Here, we asked whether reverberation decreases effects of distractions by reducing the salience of new onsets, or compounds disruption by increasing task difficulty. Across five online experiments, participants recalled spatialized syllable streams presented with or without interrupters under pseudo-anechoic and reverberant conditions. Interrupters consistently impaired recall, especially the syllables following the interrupter. For the syllable immediately after the interruption, this effect was larger in reverberation than in anechoic conditions. These results demonstrate that distractions are especially disruptive in reverberant settings.

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