Kourosh Saberi
Peer-reviewed Publications

1.  Farahbod, H., Rogalsky, C., Keator, L. M., Cai, J., Pillay, S. B., LaCroix, A. N., Fridriksson, J., Binder, J. R., Venezia, J. H., Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2025).  Audiovisual synchrony in left-hemisphere brain-lesioned individuals with aphasia.  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (in press).

2.  Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2023).  Forward Entrainment: Psychophysics, neural correlates, and function.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 30, 803-821.  PDF

3.  Farahbod, H., Rogalsky, C., Keator, L. M., Cai, J., Pillay, S., Turner, K., LaCroix, A., Fridriksson, J., Binder, J. R., Middlebrooks, J. C., Hickok, G., and Saberi, K. (2023).  Informational masking in aging and brain-lesioned individuals.  Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. 24, 67-79.  PDF

4.  Saberi, K., Farahbod, H., Turner, K., and Hickok, G. (2022).  Detection of dynamic changes in interaural delay by older adults.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152, 2292-2295. PDF

5.  Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2022).  A critical analysis of Lin et al.’s (2021) failure to observe forward entrainment in pitch discrimination.  European Journal of Neuroscience, 56, 5191-5200.  PDF

6.  Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2022).  Confirming an antiphasic bicyclic pattern of forward entrainment in signal detection: a reanalysis of Sun et al. (2021).  European Journal of Neuroscience, 56, 5274-5286. PDF

7.  Farahbod, H., Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2020). The rhythm of attention: Perceptual modulation via rhythmic entrainment is lowpass and attention mediated. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82, 3558-3570. PDF

8.  Venezia, J. H., Vaden, K., Rong, F., Maddox, D., Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2017).  Auditory, Visual, and Audiovisual Speech Processing Streams in superior temporal sulcus.  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, v. 11, article #174, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00174 PDF

9.  Broussard, S., Hickok, G., and Saberi, K. (2017).  Robustness of speech intelligibility at moderate levels of spectral degradation.  PLOS ONE, 12(7), #e0180734 PDF

10.  Meng, J.A., Saberi, K., Hsieh, I. (2016).  Velocity Selective Networks in Human Cortex Reveal Two Functionally Distinct Auditory Motion Systems.  PLOS ONE, 11 (6), #e0157131. PDF

11.  Hsieh, I. and Saberi, K. (2016).  Imperfect pitch: Gabor’s uncertainty principle and the pitch of extremely brief sounds.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23, 163-171.  PDF

12.  Hickok, G., Farahbod, H., and Saberi, K. (2015). The Rhythm of Perception: Entrainment to Acoustic Rhythms Induces Subsequent Perceptual Oscillation.  Psychological Science, 26, 1006-1013.  PDF

13. Petrosyan, A., Hsieh, I., Phillips, J.P., and Saberi, K. (2015).  Enhanced tethered-flight duration and locomotor activity by overexpression of the human gene SOD1 in Drosophila motorneurons.  Genetics and Molecular Biology, 38, 107-114.  PDF TIONS:

14.   Petrosyan, A., Goncalves, O. F., Hsieh, I., and Saberi, K.  (2014).  Improved functional abilities of the life-extended Drosophila mutant Methuselah are reversed at old age to below control levels. Age, 36, 213-221.  PDF

15.  Okada, K., Venezia, J. H., Matchin W., Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2013).  An fMRI study of Audiovisual Speech Perception  Reveals Multisensory Interactions in Auditory Cortex.  PLoS One , 8 (6).  PDF

16.   Petrosyan, A., Gonçalves, O. F., Hsieh, I., Phillips, J. P., and Saberi, K. (2013).  Enhanced optomotor efficiency by expression of the human gene superoxide dismutase primarily in Drosophila motorneurons, Journal of Neurogenetics, 27, 59-67.  PDF 

17.   Barton, B., Venezia, J. H., Saberi, K., Hickok, G., and Brewer, A. (2012).  Orthogonal acoustic dimensions define auditory field maps in human cortex.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,  109, 20738-20743.  PDF

18.   Hsieh, I., Fillmore, P., Rong, F., Hickok, G., and Saberi, K. (2012).  FM-selective networks in human auditory cortex revealed using fMRI and multivariate pattern classification.  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 1896-1907.  PDF

19.  Venezia, J. H., Saberi, K., Chubb, C., and Hickok, G. (2012).  Response bias modulates the speech motor system during syllable discrimination.  Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, May 28, 1-13.  PDF

20.  Isenberg, L., Vaden, K. I., Saberi, K., Muftuler, L. T., and Hickok, G. (2012).  Functionally distinct regions for spatial processing and sensory motor integration in the Planum Temporale.  Human Brain Mapping, 33, 2453-2463.  PDF 

21.  Hickok, G. and Saberi, K. (2012).  Redefining the Functional Organization of the Planum Temporale Region: Space, Objects, and Sensory-Motor Integration. In:  Human Auditory Cortex (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research), D. Poeppel, T. Overath, A. N. Popper, and R. R. Fay. (Eds). Springer, pp. 333-350.  PDF

22.  Hsieh, I., Petrosyan, A., Goncalves, O., Hickok, G., and Saberi, K. (2011).   Observer weighting of interaural cues in positive and negative envelope slopes of amplitude modulated waveforms.  Hearing Research, 277, 143-151.  PDF

23.  Rogalsky, C., Rong, F., Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2011).  Functional anatomy of language and music perception: Temporal and structural factors investigated using fMRI.   Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 3843-3852.  PDF

24.  Hsieh, I., Petrosyan, A., Goncalves, O., Hickok, G., and Saberi, K. (2010).  Cross-modulation interference with lateralization of mixed-modulated waveforms.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 53, 1417-1428.  PDF

25. Okada, K., Rong, F., Venezia, J., Matchin, W., Hsieh, I., Saberi, K., Serences, J., and Hickok, G. (2010).  Hierarchical organization of human auditory cortex: evidence from acoustic invariance in the response to intelligible speech.  Cerebral Cortex, 20, 2486-2495.  PDF

26.  Hsieh, I., and Saberi, K. (2010).  Detection of sinusoidal amplitude modulation in logarithmic frequency sweeps across wide regions of the spectrum.  Hearing Research, 262, 9-18.  PDF

27.  Smith, K. R., Hsieh, I., Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2010).  Auditory spatial and object processing in the human planum temporale: No evidence for selectivity.  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22, 632-639.  PDF

28.  Hsieh, I., and Saberi, K. (2009).  Detection of spatial cues in linear and logarithmic frequency-modulated sweeps.  Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 71, 1876-1889.  PDF

29.  Hsieh, I., and Saberi, K. (2009).  Virtual pitch extraction from harmonic structures by absolute-pitch musicians.  Acoustical Physics, 55, 232-239.  PDF

30.  Hsieh, I., and Saberi, K. (2008).  Language-selective interference with long-term memory for musical pitch.  Acta Acustica, 94, 588-593.  PDF

31.  Hsieh, I. and Saberi, K. (2008).  Dissociation of procedural and semantic memory in absolute-pitch processing.  Hearing Research, 240, 73-79.  PDF

32.  Hsieh, I. and Saberi, K. (2007).  Temporal integration in absolute identification of musical pitch.  Hearing Research, 233, 108-116.  PDF

33.  Petrosyan, A., Hsieh, I., and Saberi, K. (2007).  Age-dependent stability of sensorimotor functions in the life-extended Drosophila mutant methuselah.  Behavior Genetics, 37, 585-594.  PDF

34.  Smith, K., Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2007). An event-related fMRI study of auditory motion perception: No evidence for a specialized cortical system.  Brain Research, 1150, 94-99.  PDF

35.  Saberi, K. and Petrosyan, A. (2006).  Effects of interaural decorrelation and acoustic spectrum on detecting the motion of an auditory target.  Acoustical Physics, 52, 87-92.  PDF

36.  Saberi, K. and Petrosyan, A. (2005).  Neural cross-correlation and signal decorrelation: Insights into coding of auditory space.  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 235, 45-56.  PDF

37.  Saberi, K. (2004).  Fast Fourier-based DSP algorithm for auditory motion experiments.  Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 36,  585-589.   PDF   Erratum (v. 39. p. 635)

38.  Smith, K. R., Okada, K., Saberi, K., and Hickok, G. (2004).   Human cortical auditory motion areas are not motion selective.  Neuroreport, 15, 1523-1526.  PDF

39.  Saberi, K., Antonio, J. V., and Petrosyan, A. (2004).  A population study of the precedence effect.  Hearing Research, 191, 1-13.  PDF

40.  Saberi, K., and Petrosyan, A. (2004).  A detection-theoretic model of echo inhibition.  Psychological Review, 111, 52-66.  PDF

41.  Saberi, K., and Antonio, J. V. (2003).  Precedence-effect thresholds for a population of untrained listeners as a function of stimulus intensity and interclick interval.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114, 420-429.  PDF

42.  Saberi, K., Tirtabudi, P., Petrosyan, A., Perrott, D. R., and Strybel, T. Z. (2003).   Detection of dynamic changes in interaural delay.  Acta Acustica, 89, 333-338.  PDF

43. Zurek, P., and Saberi, K. (2003).  Lateralization of two-transient stimuli.  Perception & Psychophysics, 65, 95-106.  PDF

44. Saberi, K., Tirtabudi, P., Petrosyan, A., Perrott, D. R., and Strybel, T. Z. (2002).  Concurrent motion detection based on dynamic changes in interaural delay.  Hearing Research, 174, 149-157.  PDF

45. Saberi, K., Takahashi, Y., Egnor, R., Farahbod, H., Mazer, J., and Konishi, M. (2002).  Detection of large interaural delays and its implication for models of binaural interaction.  Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 3, 80-88.  PDF

46. Pena, J. L., Viete, S., Funabiki, K., Saberi, K., and Konishi, M. (2001).  Cochlear and neural delays for coincidence detection in owls,  Journal of Neuroscience, 21, 9455-9459.  PDF

47. Hafter, E. R., and Saberi, K. (2001).  A level of stimulus representation model for auditory detection and attention.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 110, 1489-1497.  PDF

48. Saberi, K., Takahashi, Y., Farahbod, H., and Konishi, M. (1999).  Neural bases of an auditory illusion and its elimination in owls. Nature  Neuroscience, 2, 656-659.  PDF

49. Saberi, K. and Perrott, D. R.  (1999).  Cognitive restoration of reversed speech.  Nature, 398, 760.  PDF

50. Wright, B. and Saberi, K. (1999)  Strategies used to detect auditory signals in small sets of random maskers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105, 1765-1775.  PDF

51. Saberi, K., Takahashi, Y., Konishi, M., Albeck, Y., Arthur, B., and Farahbod, H. (1998).  Effects of interaural decorrelation on neural and behavioral detection of spatial cues.  Neuron, 21, 789-798.  PDF

52. Saberi, K., Farahbod, H., and Konishi, M. (1998).  How do owls localize interaurally phase ambiguous signals?  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 95, 6465-6468.  PDF

53. Saberi, K. (1998).  Modeling interaural delay sensitivity to frequency modulation at high frequencies. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103, 2551-2564.  PDF

54. Saberi, K. and Green, D. M. (1997).  Evaluation of maximum-likelihood  estimators in non-intensive auditory psychophysics.  Perception & Psychophysics, 59, 867-876.  PDF

55. Saberi, K. and Hafter, E. R. (1997). Experiments on auditory motion discrimination.  In Binaural and Spatial Hearing in Real and Virtual Environments.  R. H. Gilkey and T. R. Anderson (Eds.) Earlbaum, New Jersey, pp. 315-327.  PDF

56. Saberi, K. (1996).  Observer weighting of interaural delays in filtered  impulses.  Perception & Psychophysics, 58, 1037-1046.  PDF

57. Saberi, K. and Green, D. M. (1996). Adaptive psychophysical  procedures and imbalance in the psychometric function.  Journal of the  Acoustical Society of America, 100, 528-536.  PDF

58. Saberi, K. (1996).  An auditory illusion predicted from a weighted cross- correlation model of binaural interaction.  Psychological Review,  103, 137-142.  PDF

59. Saberi, K. (1995).  Lateralization of comodulated complex waveforms. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 98, 3146-3156.  PDF

60. Saberi, K. (1995).  Some considerations on the use of adaptive  methods for measuring interaural-delay thresholds. Journal of the  Acoustical Society of America, 98, 1803-1806.  PDF

61. Saberi, K. and Hafter, E. R. (1995). A common neural code for  frequency- and amplitude-modulated sounds.  Nature, 374, 537-539.  PDF

62. Green, D. M., Dai, H., and Saberi, K. (1995). Shape discrimination of  spectra with various bandwidths.  In Advances in Hearing Research, G.  A. Manley, G. M. Klump, C. Koppl, H. Fastl, and H. Oeckinghaus (Eds.),  World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, 501-511.  PDF

63. Saberi, K. and Perrott, D. R. (1995).  Lateralization of trains of clicks with  opposing onset and ongoing interaural delays. Acustica, 81, 272-275.  PDF

64.  Hafter, E. R., Saberi, K., Jensen, E., and Briolle, F. (1992).  Localization  in an echoic environment.  In Advances in Bioacoustics (83): Auditory  Physiology and Perception, Y. Cazals, L. Demany, K. Horner (Eds.),  Pergamon, London, pp. 555-562.  PDF

65. Saberi, K. (1991).  Variations in the speed of sound and interaural  differences of time:  an additional source of jitter. Journal of the  Acoustical Society of America, 90, 1677.  PDF

66. Saberi, K., Dostal, L., Sadralodabai, T., Bull, V., and Perrott, D. R. (1991).   Free-field release from masking.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of  America, 90, 1355-1370.  PDF

67. Saberi, K., Dostal, L., Sadralodabai, T., and Perrott, D. R. (1991). Minimum audible angles for horizontal, vertical, and oblique  orientations: lateral and dorsal planes.  Acustica, 75, 57-61.  PDF

68. Saberi, K., Sadralodabai, T., and Perrott, D. R. (1991).  Judgments of  lateral distance using transients presented with interaural differences of  time.  Bulletin of the Psychonomics society, 29, 59-61.  PDF

69. Perrott, D. R., Sadralodabai, T., Saberi, K., and Strybel, T. Z. (1991).   Aurally aided visual search in the central visual field:  effects of visual  load and visual enhancement of the target. Human Factors, 33, 389- 400.  PDF

70. Saberi, K., and Perrott, D. R. (1990).  Lateralization thresholds obtained  under conditions in which the precedence effect is assumed to operate.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 87, 1732-1737.  PDF

71. Saberi, K., and Perrott, D. R. (1990).  Minimum audible movement  angles as a function of sound-source trajectory.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 88, 2639-2644.  PDF    Erratum

72. Perrott, D. R., and Saberi, K. (1990).  Minimum audible angle thresholds  for sources varying in both elevation and azimuth. Journal of the  Acoustical Society of America, 87, 1728-1731.  PDF

73. Perrott, D. R., Saberi, K., Brown, K. and Strybel, T.  Z. (1990).  Auditory  psychomotor coordination and visual search performance. Perception  & Psychophysics, 48, 214-226.  PDF