Teng Lab
Welcome to the Cognition, Action, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory at SKERI
We study auditory, visual, and haptic perception, echolocation, and assisted mobility in sighted and blind persons. Using a combination of psychophysical, neurophysiological, engineering, and computational tools, we aim to better understand how people perceive the world, especially when vision is unavailable.
What kinds of projects are we working on?
Check the Project links below for detailed project pages (many still under construction).
Want to join the lab or participate in a study?
For inquiries, email the lab PI at santani@ski.org
Tabs
Journal Articles
. (2020). Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Sound Representations Reveal a Hierarchical Progression of Category Selectivity. Biorxiv. http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.12.149120
. (2020). Visual Experience is not Necessary for the Development of Face Selectivity in the Lateral Fusiform Gyrus. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004607117
Presentations/Posters
. (2021). Hearing real spaces: The development of sensitivity to reverberation statistics in children. Date Published 03/2021, Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting: Virtual.
. (2020). The haptic kinematics of two-handed braille reading in blind adults. Date Published 09/2020, Eurohaptics: Semi-virtual; Leiden, The Netherlands. Retrieved from https://www.ski.org/project/haptic-kinematics-two-handed-braille-reading-blind-adults
. The haptic kinematics of two-handed braille reading in blind adults. Date Published 09/2020, Eurohaptics 2020: Leiden, The Netherlands.
. Hearing real spaces: The development of sensitivity to reverberation statistics in children. Date Published 14/2021, Cognitive Neuroscience Society: Virtual.
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ActiveHaptic Kinematics of Two-Handed Braille Reading in Blind Adults
Read MoreThis page (currently under construction) accompanies a work-in-progress poster at the 2020 Eurohaptics meeting.
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ActiveHearing the World: A Remote Study of Auditory Perception
Read MoreWe aim to investigate the nature of auditory perception and how the brain learns rules for interpreting sounds.
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ActiveHuman Echolocation
Read MoreWhat is echolocation? Sometimes, the surrounding world is too dark and silent for typical vision and hearing.
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ActiveReverberant Auditory Scene Analysis
Read MoreThe world is rich in sounds and their echoes from reflecting surfaces, making acoustic reverberation a ubiquitous part of everyday life.
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Optimizing Echoacoustics: An online perceptual study (Under construction)
Read MoreAn online study of echoacoustic perception
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Current
- Connor Chin - Research Intern
- Giovanni Fusco - Chief Technology Officer, Dreamwaves
- Haydée G. García-Lázaro - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Manfred MacKeben - MacKeben Lab Director
- Santani Teng - Associate Scientist
- Yavin Alwis - Research Intern
Past
- Brendyn Chao - Research Intern
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SKERI Scientists Spearhead a Face Shield Making Campaign
Founded by Dr. Santani Teng, the Bay Area Face Shield Supply (BAFSS) has sent hundreds of face shields to healthcare workers in the community. Dr. Teng has been working with Drs Audrey Wong-Kee-You and Cecile Vullings, along with other volunteers across the Bay Area to provide life-saving personal protective equipment to healthcare workers as they work with COVID-19 pateints. -
SKERI researcher awarded grant to study echolocation
Santani Teng, an Associate Scientist at Smith-Kettlewell , has been awarded a three-year grant from The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired to study the neural processes of echolocation. Like bats and dolphins, some blind people use active echolocation : they make sounds and use the reflections to perceive and interact with their surroundings. These sounds, often in...
