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I am interested in intrinsic rhythmic activity in the human brain and how this might help us, for example, to understand natural spoken language.
Rhythmic activity is ubiquitous in the brain and ranges from slow rhythms to very fast rhythms. We have recently shown that each brain area has its own characteristic mix of intrinsic rhythms (Keitel & Gross, 2016, PLoS Biology). Building on this, my lab is dedicated to learn more about how these intrinsic brain rhythms influence our ability to comprehend speech in challenging environments (noisy or fast speech) or our musical abilities and preferences.
To address these research questions, we use electrophysiological data (electroencephalography; EEG), neuromagnetic data (magnetoencephalography; MEG) and behavioural paradigms.
If you are interested in a Voluntary Research Assistant position to learn more about Cognitive Neuroscience, please contact me.
Research interests
- Auditory cognition and speech & music processing
- Spontaneous and stimulus-dependent neural oscillations
- Functional brain organisation
Biography
I studied Psychology at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany, before moving to Leipzig to pursue a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences. Coming from a background of infant research in my early academic years, I decided to change gears slightly and took up postdoctoral positions at the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at Glasgow University to learn about the functional organisation of the brain, in particular rhythmic brain activity, in adults.
In January 2019, I took up a Lectureship in Psychology at Dundee University, where my lab focusses on brain dynamics in speech and music perception.
Teaching
I currently teach the Level 3 Cognition Module and the Level 5 Cognitive Psychology Module. I also teach in Understanding the Mind (Level 2).
If you are interested in doing a behavioural or EEG study with me for your dissertation, come talk to me! I am happy to support research in cognitive neuroscience on
- music and rhythm perception
- speech and language processing
- auditory processing in general
It is also possible to combine auditory/music/speech processing with other topics such as mental health, exercise, or social topics.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- BF Psychology
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Speech perception
- Auditory processing
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Explaining flexible continuous speech comprehension from individual motor rhythms
Lubinus, C., Keitel, A., Obleser, J., Poeppel, D. & Rimmele, J. M., 8 Mar 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 1994, 11 p., 20222410.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Speech intelligibility changes the temporal evolution of neural speech tracking
Chen, Y. P., Schmidt, F., Keitel, A., Rösch, S., Hauswald, A. & Weisz, N., Mar 2023, In: NeuroImage. 268, 11 p., 119894.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cortical tracking of formant modulations derived from silently presented lip movements and its decline with age
Suess, N., Hauswald, A., Reisinger, P., Rösch, S., Keitel, A. & Weisz, N., 1 Nov 2022, In: Cerebral Cortex. 32, 21, p. 4818-4833 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coupling of pupil- and neuronal population dynamics reveals diverse influences of arousal on cortical processing
Pfeffer, T., Keitel, C., Kluger, D. S., Keitel, A., Russmann, A., Thut, G., Donner, T. H. & Gross, J., 8 Feb 2022, In: eLife. 11, 28 p., e71890.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Degradation levels of continuous speech affect neural speech tracking and alpha power differently
Hauswald, A., Keitel, A., Chen, Y-P., Rösch, S. & Weisz, N., 28 Jun 2022, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 55, 11-12, p. 3288-3302 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data from: Shared and modality-specific brain regions that mediate auditory and visual word comprehension
Keitel, A. (Creator), Gross, J. (Creator) & Kayser, C. (Creator), Dryad, 26 Aug 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.zkh18937w, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.zkh18937w
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Activities
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BBC Radio Scotland Sunday Morning with Cathy Macdonald
Anne Keitel (Interviewee)
22 Jan 2023Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - media article or participation
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Family Fun with Women in STEM - Dundee Women's Festival 2023
Amy Cameron (Organiser), Heather Doran (Organiser), Amy Rogers (Organiser), Clara Morriss (Organiser), Senga Robertson-Albertyn (Participant), Carmen Escudero-Martinez (Participant), Anna Sanchez Avila (Participant), Anne Keitel (Participant), Selma Cabrita Gulyurtlu (Participant), Claudia Diehl (Participant), Sohini Chakraborti (Participant), Darren Darren (Participant), Suzanne O'Connor (Participant), Ilaria Puoti (Participant), Valentina Spiteri (Participant), Lyssa Gold (Participant), Lorraine Glennie (Participant), Morag Hannah (Participant), Shamshad Ahmad (Participant), Tanja Atanasova (Participant), Bryony Buck (Participant), Christian Keitel (Participant), Sumeyye Sen Alpay (Participant), Kathryn Burton (Participant) & Catarina Sobreira (Participant)
11 Mar 2023Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition
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STEM Ambassadors in Scotland Week - Careers Carnival - Research Panel
Anne Keitel (Member)
31 Jan 2022 → 6 Feb 2022Activity: Other activity types › Other
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How (individual differences in) brain rhythms influence speech processing.
Anne Keitel (Speaker)
5 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Journal of Neuroscience (Journal)
Anne Keitel (Peer reviewer)
Oct 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review