3205 Bio/Psyc Building,

University of Maryland, College Park,

MD, U.S.A., 20742

Tel: (301) 405-2587

huanl@umd.edu

I am interested in exploring the cortical bases of speech perception in humans, especially the temporal aspects of both processing and representations in auditory cortex. I address these issues by combining psychophysical experiments and Magnetoencephalography (MEG), an non-invasive electromagnetic measuring technique. Specifically, my recent works focus on the cortical representation and tracking of nautural speech sentences. My other works explore the co-representation mechanisms of acoustic envelope (AM) and fine structure (FM) in human auditory cortex

I am currently working at Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Laboratory (CNL), with Dr. David Poeppel at UMCP.

EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA (2007-)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Laboratory

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA (2001-2006)
Ph.D., Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS)
Honors: NACS fellowship, NACS dissertation fellowhsip

Thesis title: Tracking Sound Dynamics in Human Auditory Cortex: New Macroscopic views from MEG Evidences.

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA (2001-2006)
Graduate Partnerships Program

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, Beijing, China (1999-2001)
Graduate Student
Honors: Tuition and Health Insurance waived

Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (1995-1999)
Bachelor of Engineering, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Information
Honors: Graduated with Honors

JOURNAL PAPERS

Luo, H., Husain, F., Horwitz, B., Poeppel, D. (2005) Discrimination and categorization of speech and non-speech sounds in an MEG delayed-match-to-sample study. NeuroImage 28(1): 59-71. [Abstract]

Luo, H., Wang, Y., Poeppel, D., Simon, J.Z. (2006) Concurrent encoding of frequency and amplitude modulation in human auditory cortex: MEG evidence. Journal of Neurophysiology 96(5): 712-23

Luo, H., Boemio, A., Gordon, M., Poeppel, D. (2007) Perception of FM sweeps by Chinese and English listeners. Hearing Research 224: 75-83.

Luo, H., Poeppel, D. (2007) Phase patterns of human cortical responses reliably discriminate speech. Submitted.

Luo, H., Wang, Y., Poeppel, D., Simon, J.Z. (2007) Cocurrent Encoding of Frequency and Amplitude Modulation in Human Auditory Cortex: An Encoding Transition. submitted.

CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

Luo, H., Wang, Y.D., Poeppel, D., Simon, J.Z. (2006) Modulation-encoding and co-representation of the acoustic envelope and carrier in human auditory cortex. ARO meeting [Abstract]

Luo, H., Wang, Y.D., Poeppel, D., Simon, J.Z. (2005) Neural Encoding of Acoustic Envelope and Carrier in Human Auditory Cortex. Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience.[Abstract]

Luo, H., Wang, Y.D., Poeppel, D., Simon, J.Z. (2005) Simultaneous encoding of envelope and fine structure in human auditory cortex. COSYNE 2005 meeting

Luo, H., Wang, Y.D., Poeppel, D., Simon, J.Z. (2005) Phase Tracking of Slow and Rapid Tone Sequences in Human Auditory Cortex. ARO meeting

Wang, Y.D., Luo, H., Poeppel, D., Simon, J.Z. (2005) Auditory Steady State Responses to AM-FM Signals in Human Auditory Cortex. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Luo, H., Husain, F., Horwitz, B., Poeppel, D. (2004) Categorization of Speech and Non-speech Sounds: An MEG Study. Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience.

Luo, H., Husain, F., Horwitz, B., Poeppel, D. (2004) Categorization of Speech and Non-speech Sounds: An MEG Study. Biomag2004.

Luo, H., Husain, F., Poeppel, D., Horwitz, B. (2004) Differences in Alpha-Band Activity during Categorization of Speech and Non-Speech Sounds: an MEG study. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Luo, H., Gordon, M., Boemio, A., Poeppel, D. (2003) The Perception of FM Sweeps by Chinese and English Listeners. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.