Sound Mind Lab
Psychology and cognitive neuroscience research lab at Royal Holloway, University of London, studying how diverse minds use language and music to interact and communicate.
Kyle Jasmin
Lab Director
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I am offering a PhD project:
Neural codes for music-making
This PhD project investigates how the brain organizes complex auditory experiences during music-making, focusing on grid-like neural coding—patterns typically associated with spatial navigation. Recent findings suggest these coding mechanisms also play a role in auditory tasks. The research will explore how these patterns operate during more naturalistic music-making activities.
Apply here if interested.
Pre-prints
Jasmin, K., Bullock, M., Dick, F., Atkins, R., Bottini, R., Sigismondi, F., & Tierney, A. T. (2025). Spatial coding supports auditory conceptual navigation. In bioRxiv (p. 2025.02.04.636440). https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.04.636440
Key Publications
Jasmin, K., Martin, A., & Gotts, S.J. (2023). Atypical connectivity aids conversation in autism. Sci Rep, 13, 5303. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32249-5.
Jasmin, K., Lima, C.F., Scott, S.K. (2019) Understanding rostral-caudal auditory cortex contributions to auditory perception. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Jasmin, K., Gotts, S., Xu, Y., Liu, S., Riddell, C., Ingeholm, J., Kenworthy, L., Wallace, G., Braun, A.R., Martin, A. (2019). Overt social interaction and resting state in young adult males with autism: core and contextual neural features. Brain: a Journal of Neurology.
Jasmin, K. M., McGettigan, C., Agnew, Z. K., Josephs, O., Cummins, F., Scott, S. K. (2016) Cohesion and joint speech: right hemisphere contributions to synchronized vocal production. The Journal of Neuroscience. 36(17), 4669-4680.
Jasmin, K., Dick, F., Holt, L.,Taylor, AT. (2020). Tailored perception: individual speech and music perception strategies reflect individual differences in perceptual ability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Jasmin, K., Dick, F., Stewart, L., Tierney, AT. (2020) Altered functional connectivity during speech perception in congenital amusia. eLife
Jasmin, K., Sun, H. Tierney, AT. (2021) Effects of language experience on domain-general perceptual strategies. Cognition.