Lisa Mochalski, B. Sc.
Master Student
Research topics:
- Executive functions
- Speech
Methodological topics:
- Computer-based speech analysis
- Prosodic, lexical and semantic analysis
- Machine learning
My master thesis is settled in a project exploring the relationship between executive functions and speech. As test batteries for evaluating executive functioning are time-intensive, exhaustive and dissimilar to situations we encounter in our every-day lives, newer approaches to assessing executive functions are needed to evade these constraints. One possible candidate for easier assessment is speech, which is a natural ability that is ever-present in every-day life. Even though it has been shown in clinical populations that executive functioning plays a role in speech, the relationship between executive functions and speech has not yet been investigated in healthy participants. In my research project, I'll use machine learning to test if and how speech parameters (prosody, lexical or semantic) relate to executive functions.
Address
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7)Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52425 Jülich
