Michelle Moerel (M.)

Research profile

The goal of my research is to achieve systems-level insights into auditory processing. My current research projects explore attention and learning-induced modifications of auditory processing in healthy individuals, using both (f)MRI data and computational modelling approaches. 

Key publications
Moerel, M., Yacoub, E., Gulban, O. F., Lage-Castellanos, A., & De Martino, F. (2021). Using high spatial resolution fMRI to understand representation in the auditory network. Progress in Neurobiology, 207, Article 101887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101887
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Zulfiqar, I., Moerel, M., & Formisano, E. (2020). Spectro-Temporal Processing in a Two-Stream Computational Model of Auditory Cortex. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 13, Article 95. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2019.00095
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Moerel, M., De Martino, F., Uğurbil, K., Yacoub, E., & Formisano, E. (2019). Processing complexity increases in superficial layers of human primary auditory cortex. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 5502. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41965-w
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de Martino, F., Moerel, M., Ugurbil, K., Goebel, R., Yacoub, E., & Formisano, E. (2015). Frequency preference and attention effects across cortical depths in the human primary auditory cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(52), 16036-16041. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1507552112
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Berlot, E., Arts, R., Smit, J., George, E., Gulban, O. F., Moerel, M., Stokroos, R., Formisano, E., & De Martino, F. (2020). A 7 Tesla fMRI investigation of human tinnitus percept in cortical and subcortical auditory areas. NeuroImage: Clinical, 25, Article 102166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102166
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Moerel, M., De Martino, F., Uğurbil, K., Formisano, E., & Yacoub, E. (2018). Evaluating the columnar stability of acoustic processing in the human auditory cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(36), 7822-7832. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3576-17.2018
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Moerel, M., de Martino, F., Ugurbil, K., Yacoub, E., & Formisano, E. (2015). Processing of frequency and location in human subcortical auditory structures. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 17048. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17048
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de Martino, F., Moerel, M., Xu, J., van de Moortele, P. F., Ugurbil, K., Goebel, R., Yacoub, E., & Formisano, E. (2015). High-resolution mapping of myeloarchitecture in vivo: localization of auditory areas in the human brain. Cerebral Cortex, 25(10), 3394-3405. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhu150
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Santoro, R., Moerel, M., de Martino, F., Goebel, R., Ugurbil, K., Yacoub, E., & Formisano, E. (2014). Encoding of natural sounds at multiple spectral and temporal resolutions in the human auditory cortex. PLoS Computational Biology, 10(1), Article e1003412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003412
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Moerel, M., de Martino, F., & Formisano, E. (2012). Processing of natural sounds in human auditory cortex: tonotopy, spectral tuning, and relation to voice sensitivity. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(41), 14205-16. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1388-12.2012
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